Recruitment: The Legal Aspects
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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.
This one-day session focuses on the legal issues. It does not include recruitment interviewing techniques, which form a separate/additional day separately where required.
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Course content
- Advertising and briefing
- recruitment agencies
- Application forms - what can't you ask?
- Selecting a short list - discrimination issues
- Retaining and circulating data -data protection
- Arranging an interview - special arrangements?
- Interviewing - is there anything you should not ask?
- Race and Sex discrimination
- Human Rights Act
- Sexual Orientation
- Age Discrimination
- Religious/belief Discrimination
- Disability Discrimination
- Adjusting/changing jobs
- Disabled workers
- Part-time workers
- Statistical monitoring - benefits and disadvantages
- Equal Opportunities/Diversity policies
- Pre-recruitment medicals
- Access to criminal records/non-disclosure/disclosure
- Seeking a reference
- Employee access to records
- 'Confidential reports' and sources of information
- Accuracy and opinions
- Penalties and problems
- Equal pay - making the right offer
- Training
- Setting standards
- Dress - is a dress code discriminatory?
- How much money is at stake if we get it wrong?
- Organisational risks - is it just money at stake?
Workshop Approach
- Delegates should bring their own application forms, staff handbook, equal opportunity and/or diversity policies plus any current job descriptions/managers guidance on recruitment for discussion.
- Maximum open discussion
Who Should Attend
HR and senior managers responsible for setting policy, line managers responsible for recruitment interviewing or making recruitment decisions.
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