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Seminar to make sense of new equality laws
20th May 2010
Seminar to make sense of new equality laws
Two Brighton law firms today announced they are joining forces to help employers understand a raft of new legislation. In the wake of the Equality Act and extra rules on long-term sickness, Martin Searle Solicitors and Mayo Wynne Baxter will lead the Employment Law Update on 17th June, 2010. This informal event is part of a series run by pressure group LEADER (Local Employers Acting on Diversity, Equality and Race).
20th May 2010
Seminar to make sense of new equality laws
Two Brighton law firms today announced they are joining forces to help employers understand a raft of new legislation. In the wake of the Equality Act and extra rules on long-term sickness, Martin Searle Solicitors and Mayo Wynne Baxter will lead the Employment Law Update on 17th June, 2010. This informal event is part of a series run by pressure group LEADER (Local Employers Acting on Diversity, Equality and Race).
Designed for anyone with people management responsibilities working in the private or public sector, the Employment Law Update is taking place at 8.30am to 10.30am 17th June, 2010 at Brighton’s Holiday Inn.
LEADER’s Employment Law Update is led by Fiona Martin of Martin Searle Solicitors and Mayo Wynne Baxter’s Martin Williams. It is divided into two parts:
PART I What is new about the Equality Act?
- How discrimination law will be harmonised and extended
- Cover for "associative" and "perceptive" discrimination
- The concept of justification
- Third-party harassment
- The extent of positive discrimination
- The limitations on pre-employment health questionnaires
- When pay is and is not a secret
PART II Managing ill health in the workplace and avoiding disability discrimination
- Adopting a fair procedure to any dismissal
- Ill health as a reason for dismissal
- The new Statement of Fitness for Work "Fit Notes"
- Disability and employment law
- What is disability discrimination and how has this changed with the introduction of the Equality Act
This seminar is free to LEADER members and a one-off fee of £15 to £25 for non-members can go towards annual membership. Email liz.kite@brighton-hove.co.uk or call 01273 291 577 to book.
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About LEADER
LEADER is a pressure group dedicated to helping employers make Brighton & Hove a fair place to work.
It stands for Local Employers Acting on Equality, Diversity and Race.
The group is made up of business people and public sector professionals who are passionate about fairer working practices. Some are diversity specialists, lawyers and HR strategists, while others are simply committed to decent employment practices in their own organisation.
LEADER’s main focus is holding practical workshops which are free to members and low cost to guests. These sessions cater to all employers including public, private and voluntary sector.
For more information about LEADER please contact
Jane Woodley
Blue Rocket PR
01273 779 196
About Mayo Wynne Baxter
Mayo Wynne Baxter is one of the leading firms of solicitors in Sussex and provides a comprehensive and personal service to a broad spectrum of local and national clients.
With offices in Brighton and throughout Sussex, the firm employs nearly 200 staff and specialises in all aspects of business law and personal legal services.
About Martin Searle Solicitors
Martin Searle Solicitors is a community law firm providing specialist legal help in employment, housing and community care law. Established in 2004, the firm now has offices in Brighton and Croydon. Martin Searle Solicitors helps people, third-sector organisations and employers from all parts of the local community with quality and friendly legal advice and support. The firm also has an active community engagement programme providing free legal help and training to some of the community’s most vulnerable people and the organisations that support them.