FULLY FUNDED HR for Non-HR Managers: One Day Workshop

HR for Non-HR Managers:

Fully-Funded Workshop for Greater Manchester Businesses

Tuesday 3rd December, 9:30am – 4:00pm

Denzell House, Bowdon, Altrincham

Overview:

This one-day in-person fully-funded event by GM Business Growth Hub for businesses in Greater Manchester is designed for business owners, directors, and managers to understand the essentials, upcoming Labour government fundamental changes to employment law, and key HR practices. Learn how to effectively manage the employee journey from hiring to exit, avoid legal risks, and implement good people practices that boost business success.

This workshop will cover:

What is HR

• Exploring what is HR /people management, where is your business and where do you want/need to be?

The Employee Journey

• From hiring to leaving and key stages in between
• The importance of getting employment status right, effective recruitment and induction, managing absence, disciplinary and grievance and good people management practices to engage and retain employees

Employee Relations and the Legal Framework

• Updates in employment law with proposed fundamental Labour Government changes
• Employee relations and the changing world of work
• Principles of The Equality Act 2010 in practice (types of discrimination), data protection, GDPR and employee privacy notices
• Understanding fair reasons for dismissal and where you can face risk in employment tribunal claims

Policies and Compliance

• Statutory policies that you legally need to have in place
• Good practice HR policies for a future world of work

Enhancing the Work Experience

• Employee wellbeing (physical, mental, financial) initiatives
• Good practice employee benefits for companies of all sizes
• Navigating flexible working to comply with the law and to meet business need

Essential Leadership Skills

• Importance of ‘soft’ which are critical leadership skills – including emotional intelligence

How to apply:

To apply for your fully funded place, please fill out the form here.

Please note that fully funded places are only available to businesses with a trading address in Greater Manchester and subject to other criteria.  Only one person per business can attend and only one funded programme.

If your business is not based in Greater Manchester and you wish to attend the course, we may be able to offer on a chargeable basis. Please email admintaw@hrdept.co.uk for further details.

Who we are:

The HR Dept Trafford & Warrington is an award-winning HR consultancy business, providing outsourced HR to small and medium sized companies across a wide range of sectors.  The team provides pragmatic and commercial HR support, from contracts of employment, employee handbooks, policies, advice on disciplinary and grievance matters and all professional HR activities, through to a fully retained and insured outsourced HR service.

Presenter:

Jill Bottomley – FCIPD, BSc (Hons)
Jill is a highly experienced HR professional with 35 years of strategic and operational expertise. She holds a degree in Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Jill is regularly invited by the CIPD to attend national roundtables, representing the ‘HR voice of SMEs’, contributing to recommendations made to Government and national policy proposals. She also writes and reviews people management guides.

Jill sits as a voluntary Director on the Board of the Hamblin Education Trust (Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and North Cestrian School) and is a Governor on the Board of the Trafford and Stockport College Group.