This highly interactive workshop will help and support you when managing family friendly leave. It will enable you to identify the legal protections given to employees and how to manage time off, flexible working requests and contract variations for family friendly reasons.
This workshop will include:
Overview of family friendly work arrangements
Managing Maternity leave
Adoption leave
Paternity leave
Shared parental leave
Ordinary parental leave
Time off for dependents
Parental bereavement leave
Changes to working arrangements
Flexible working requests
Applying your knowledge
Review
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By attending this workshop learners will have the confidence and skills to:
Identify the legal protections given to employees with family responsibilities
Assess the benefits of providing family friendly arrangements at work
Know how to manage time off and contract variations for family friendly reasons
FACILITATOR
Kate Shepherd is a charismatic employment lawyer who specialises in online employment law training and HR consultancy. She trains and advises a diverse set of employers from small and medium sized enterprises to charities, PLCs and international companies, as well as taking board level director roles for some clients. Prior to establishing her consultancy, Kate Shepherd Associates in 2005, Kate qualified as a solicitor, and practised employment law at a senior level with a leading firm in the Midlands.
Kate is an associate for leading organisations involved in learning and development including the CIPD, Pearson Business School and MBL Seminars and has published a leading textbook “Advising Effectively on the Employment Aspects in a Corporate Transaction – A Practical Guide for Junior Lawyers”
