Navigating Complexity: Tackling Tricky HR Issues

The CMS Employment team would like to invite you to join our HR training seminars – followed by networking and refreshments - this March, April and May, taking place in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Our speakers will take you through the following topics:

Investigations 101 – top tips for managing internal workplace investigations

HR are often front and centre in an investigation, whether it relates to disciplinary, grievance or whistleblowing matters. Whilst investigations come in all shapes and sizes (and there can therefore be no one size fits all approach), there are a number of key themes and points of best practice to be aware of when managing an internal investigation. From planning, governance, document management and legal privilege, through to notetaking (or tape recording!) and report writing, we will run through some of the ‘need to know’ points and common pitfalls to help ensure that your investigation is fit for purpose and stays on track.

Won’t you come back? Tackling persistent, short-term sickness-related absences and mental health issues

Frequent, short-term sickness-related absences can be hugely disruptive for businesses but tackling such absences fairly and effectively to achieve lasting change can be challenging in practice. Workplace well-being initiatives may mean that employers need to take a more nuanced approach to managing sickness absence, ensuring that absence and capability procedures take into account published commitments to supporting mental health at work in addition to legal risks such as disability-related claims. We’ll share our tips on how employers can best support employee well-being, whilst also managing short-term absence in a robust yet constructive manner.

Redundancies – the legal and non-legal bear-traps (and how to navigate them)

Redundancy programmes (both individual and collective) give rise to significant legal and non-legal risks, including employment claims and reputational damage. Areas such as selection, pooling and scoring provide fertile ground for unfair dismissal and discrimination claims and employers often need to balance legal compliance with pragmatism and commerciality. Increasingly employers will also be cognisant of their brand, purpose and values and will therefore need to ensure that any headcount reduction is carried out in the ‘right way’ having regard to those broader considerations. We’ll discuss how to identify and manage these (often competing) issues, as well as considering the new legislation coming into effect in this area in April.

Please click the relevant link below to register:

London - Register here

Edinburgh - Register here

Glasgow - Register here

Aberdeen - Register here