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This is a list of our public courses. All courses are available as in-house programmes, and can be tailor made against your own policies and procedures. If you don’t have many delegates, and can’t make the public course date, ask about our 'executive one-on-ones'. These two hour 'stripped' down briefings cover the same subject ranges as our public courses, but focus on your key concerns.
All public courses run in Croydon (Surrey) unless otherwise stated.
Standard Pricing - Public Courses
1-day prices are £325 (exc.vat) £373.75 (inc.vat) per delegate - courses are from 9.30am to 5.30pm with an hour for lunch. Lunch is provided.
Half day prices are £165 (exc vat) £189.75 (inc. vat) per delegate and run from 9.30am to 1pm or 2.30pm to 5.30pm. No lunch is provided.
Two half day programmes running on the same day can be booked at the 1-day price of £325 (exc. vat) £373.75 (inc. vat) per delegate. Lunch is provided
Discounts
Discounts are available for bookings made at the same time as follows :
No. of delegates Rate per delegate
2 £300 plus VAT (£345.00)
3 £295 plus VAT (£339.25)
Delegates may be booked onto any of our courses, but the bookings must be made at the same time to attract the discount.
Two half day programmes running on the same day can be booked at the 1-day price of £325 (exc. vat) £373.75 (inc. vat) per delegate. Lunch is provided
Payment
You can book and pay online for our courses or email info@irenicon.co.uk.
All bookings are subject to our terms of trade. See our terms for In-House and Public courses.
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 Arranged in-house
All programmes, customised or standard can be run for your own delegates at your own training centre, external conference venue or hotel, or we can arrange a private programme at Airport House, Croydon. We normally expect a maximum of 12-16 delegates depending on the programme. We provide the trainer and the handouts and arrange the training facilities and equipment. Alternatively, we can arrange a seminar for you at Airport House.
Alternatively, we can provide 'executive one-on-ones'. These two hour 'stripped' down briefings cover the same subject ranges as our public courses, but focus on your key concerns.
In addition to the courses described published within this section we also provide specialist training in-house on sensitive issues such as:
These areas can be covered as formal training courses, or structured as "Executive Briefings" - a mixture of training and consultancy to provide detailed client-specific outputs and action plans.
You can book delegates onto courses through our online booking form or by faxing 08452 303060. You can book in-house programmes by email, telephone or fax - whichever is easier for you.
If booking delegates through our online form, we will contact you to confirm your reservation.
A VAT invoice, joining instructions and terms and conditions will be forwarded to you with confirmation of your booking reservation.
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Programmes
Bullying and Harassment
Bullying in the workplace can lead to illness, stress, resignations, employer's liability claims, constructive dismissal and discrimination claims.
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Consulting your staff
Legislation has provided for Workforce agreements, changed the rules on consultation on redundancy and potential transfers. With lower thresholds on worker numbers, more and more employers are finding themselves within the scope of the regulations. Some of our earlier delegates are now models for the new legislation. Contact us if you want to find out more about what we can do.
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Data Protection
The Data Protection Act is now fully in force. The Act extends 'data protection' to manual records as well as computer records. Newly updated to take account of the new four-part code of practice for HR data, this programme is for anyone responsible for the HR data. Newly updated to account of the latest changes concerning health records.
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Discipline and Dismissal
Are you responsible for holding disciplinary interviews? Are you confident you know who is entitled to attend with your employee? Are you ready for the proposed statutory stages (disputes resolution)?. Do you know who has a right to know what went on and who does not? Are you up to speed on data protection?
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By October 2006 employers will face age discrimination legislation. Adding this to all the other discrimination issues can seem a little overwhelming. This workshop offers practical suggestions for diagnosing where problems may arise, and strategies for preventing, investigating and dealing with them appropriately.
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Discrimination - Updates
This overview of the latest discrimination law and definitions is designed for the line manager, owner/manager or busy HR specialist. It focusses on what can be done rather than what can't. This mine detector approach is designed to help focus on identifying danger zones, recognising when trouble is brewing and setting up longer term strategies that focus on diversity in a commercial and profitable context.
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Employee Handbooks
This year's legal changes will make the best crafted handbook out of date. Good handbooks should not only comply with current legislation, but also reflect your company's style and help your managers to manage.
We offer a one-day programme designed to get you on your way to producing an update. This can also be used as a customised course to help consult on the introduction of new handbooks, or brief line managers on how to use them.
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Employment Law for the US Executives
The US executive who takes on responsibility for UK operations faces an employment law environment that differs radically from the USA.
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Employing Parents: The New Rights
Flexible working is something parents have had a right to long before the new rules on making a request (April 2003). Most employers are blind to the fact that sex discrimination cases have been dealing with flexible and part time working requests for years. If you are not careful, you will be documenting your own breaches of the sex discrimination provisions.
This practical one-day programme is designed to explore the options under the new regulations and discuss the best way to manage parents in the workplace.
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Grievance and Appeal
Are you responsible for hearing grievances or appeals? Do you know about the governments new 'compulsory' stages? Are you confident you could pick up on hidden allegations of race or sex discrimination? Can you deal with multiple complainants making a variety of points? Have you got an effective and reliable way to handle lots of conflicting data without losing your place? Are you up to speed on the data protection aspects?
We offer a one-day programme designed to help you improve your analysis and questioning techniques and help you decide what to do.
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Managers' Rights to Manage
A one-day programme which teaches managers about their rights when dealing with staff problems, and the fundamentals of fair discipline and dismissal. This programme is constantly updated to deal with the latest changes and ones about to come into force.
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Managing Sickness
Managers are often reluctant to manage sick employees, yet sickness absence represents a staggering proportion of payroll. It is possible to be supportive of sick employees and still manage your overall level of sickness absence. Changes to disability rights and data protection make this an increasingly complex area for managers to deal with. Have we reached the point where everything is forbidden AND compulsory?
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Newly Elected Representatives
What are the responsibilities and duties of a works council representative? What is a works council/employee forum for?
Newly appointed or elected representatives need to know what the scope and limits of their duties are.
We offer a customised induction programme, working with your own constitution and structures, which can deal with all sorts of issues.
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Part-Time Workers Rights
Changes to the law on part-time workers came into effect on 1 July 2000. New rights to flexible working will come into effect as part of the Employment Rights Act 2002. It is time to review your arrangements to recruiting, rewarding and promoting part-time workers.
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Performance Management
When does performance management become bullying and harassment? Busy managers can find it hard to draw the line. All too often underperforming staff are under managed while everyone is too busy to tackle them about it.
Performance management is about taking back control, regaining the equilibrium of the workforce and reinvesting enthusiasm in your people through effective management practices.
We offer a one-day programme designed to help you produce action plans and strategies for tackling performance problems.
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Recruitment - The Legal Aspects
There is a lot more law affecting recruitment than most line managers are aware of. From data protection to discrimination, there are a whole range of expensive pitfalls that recruiting managers need to avoid.
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Redundancy
Even the most experienced HR teams hesitate when planning redundancies. Changing statute and case law means that what was fine last time is not necessarily going to work today. This programme explores the commercial and practical implications of implementing a redundancy programme and highlights the key steps to avoid legal complications. Are you up to speed?
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Security and Surveillance
Just how far can employers go in monitoring employees in the workplace. From the Human Rights Act to The Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations, the rules on monitoring and surveillance have changed.
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Sexual Orientation and Religious discrimination
There are a lot of misconceptions about the extent of the new rights. Are people entitled to have all their religious holidays off work? Are employers liable if their gay employees are teased by their colleagues? Are employers liable for inappropriate remarks by their staff? It is time to review existing employee benefits, policies and procedures to get everyone up to date. Newly updated to take account of the soon to be enacted Civil Partnership Bill this programme looks towards the future and helps you to plan.
This one-day overview session is designed to help managers check their existing systems (against the latest statutory instruments and ACAS codes) and plan for change.
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 TUPE?
This programme explores the commercial and practical implications of the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE) and highlights the key steps to avoid legal complications. Anyone contemplating buying or selling a business, pitching for a contract serviced by their staff, or changing contractor should be aware of these issues before planning their changes.
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Unequal Pay?
Many people would say the whole point of a pay system is to pay the best workers most. With Equal Pay increasingly under the microscope, many organisations are finding their pay schemes are open to challenge. Have we arrived at the point where everyone should be paid the same 'soviet' style?
This one-day programme offers a 'quick and dirty' fix on some of the issues our clients face day to day
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You can book and pay online for our courses or email info@irenicon.co.uk.
All bookings are subject to our terms of trade.
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