Employee Relations & Labour Law Essentials
Overview
Most workplace disputes start small and grow because they are handled late or inconsistently. This employee relations and labour law course gives managers and HR staff a practical grounding in employment principles, fair procedures and constructive relationships with staff. Good employee relations reduce grievances, legal risk and lost productivity, and they help managers act firmly while still treating people fairly.
The programme covers employment contracts, working time and leave, disciplinary and grievance procedures, investigations, dispute resolution and fair termination, with attention to Gulf and wider regional practice. It suits HR officers, line managers and legal or administrative staff in companies and government bodies. Participants leave with clear procedures, practical templates and a plan to strengthen employee relations in their organisation.
Who should attend
HR managers and officers, employee relations specialists, line managers and supervisors, legal and administrative staff, and personnel departments in ministries, municipalities and public bodies.
Training methodology
Interactive presentations, practical exercises, case studies, group discussions, role-plays where relevant, and a personal action plan that participants apply in their own work.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the core principles of employment law and contracts
- Apply fair disciplinary and grievance procedures consistently
- Conduct workplace investigations and document findings properly
- Resolve conflicts and disputes before they escalate
- Manage terminations lawfully and with minimum risk
Course outline
- Purpose and scope of employee relations
- Key principles of labour law in practice
- Rights and duties of employers and employees
- Role of HR and line managers
- Building trust and open communication
- Review of common employee relations problems
- Essential terms of employment contracts
- Probation periods and contract types
- Working hours, overtime and leave rules
- Changing terms and conditions fairly
- Policies, handbooks and their legal weight
- Exercise: reviewing a sample employment contract
- Principles of fair disciplinary procedure
- Informal action, warnings and penalties
- Handling employee grievances and complaints
- Conducting disciplinary and grievance hearings
- Documentation and record keeping requirements
- Role-play: conducting a disciplinary meeting
- Planning a fair workplace investigation
- Interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence
- Writing clear investigation reports and conclusions
- Mediation and early dispute resolution
- Preparing for labour authority or tribunal claims
- Workshop: investigating a workplace complaint case
- Lawful grounds and procedures for termination
- End-of-service entitlements and final settlements
- Managing redundancy and restructuring fairly
- Preventing disputes through better management
- Measuring employee relations health and trends
- Personal action plan for employee relations
Upcoming dates and fees
No public dates are scheduled for this course at the moment. It can be delivered in-house for your team at your premises or in a city of your choice, or scheduled on request in London, Dubai or Istanbul. Contact us for dates and fees.
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