Equip your managers with the skills and legal understanding needed to implement the Employment Rights Bill reforms.
Why study with us
- Gain a clear understanding of what the new legislation means for your organisation. Learn how it changes employer and employee relationships.
- Learn how to protect your business, its reputation and avoid costly mistakes. This is especially important for organisations with small or no internal HR function.
- Equip your managers with the knowledge and skills needed to handle the new legal requirements effectively. Help them lead with confidence and clarity.
Course overview
On the course, you'll learn about and understand the latest legal reforms shaping employment rights. These include:
- Stronger protections against discrimination and harassment,
- Day-one rights for employees such as unfair dismissal and parental leave.
- New rules on redundancy, flexible working, and sick pay.
- Trade union recognition and collective bargaining.
You'll also build practical management skills to handle real workplace challenges. You'll learn:
- Skills for conflict resolution, performance management, and managing absence or redundancy
- How to navigate collective consultation and industrial action
- How to implement inclusive policies that prevent harassment and discrimination.
Finally, you'll learn how to strengthen HR capabilities in your organisation. This will help you to align change with legal duties and create resilient employee relations strategies. It will also help you to responding effectively to employee voice and union activity.
Learning outcomes and aims
By the end of this training, you'll be able to:
- Mitigate legal risk in your organisation by ensuring managers understand and apply new rules correctly.
- Strengthen employee relations through fair, transparent, and legally sound practices
- Manage change, conflict, and compliance internally without over-relying on external legal advice.
- Demonstrate leadership in promoting fair work, equality, and organisational integrity.
Course information
Level: Postgraduate
Delivery: Campus
Study mode: In person
Duration: 1 day
Campus: Preston
Fee: £350
Start date: 12 February 2026, 17 April 2026, 1 June 2026, 3 September 2026
This course is delivered by the School of Business
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