Bishop's Stortford Business Exhibition
October 2011
Come and see us at the Rhodes Centre in Bishop's Stortford Means Business Exhibition on Wednesday 19th October 2011 on stand 58. Entry is free for visitors and there will be over 60 local comapnies exhibiting. You will be able to find more information at www.bsmb.co.uk we look forward to seeing you there.
Harlow Business Exhibition
June 14th 2011
Come and see us at Harlow Business Exhibition on stand 32
Free To Attend - The event is free for all visitors and is a great opportunity to network.
http://www.harlowbusinessexhibition.co.uk/
The Equality Act 2010: Are you ready for one of the most far reaching pieces of legislation to come into force?
Webster Dixon LLP will be hosting a seminar in conjunction with HR Specialists Kerry McGowan of “Birchanger HR Solutions” and Laura Hopson of “The People Business”. The seminar will discuss the Employment law and practical HR implications of the Equality Act 2010 and how it will apply to employers as it is phased in from 1 October 2010.
The seminar will provide you with a combination of Employment Law and pragmatic HR advice, tips and recommendations from experts in the field.
The Equality Act 2010 replaces numerous discrimination related statutes and regulations extending beyond the employment relationship.
The seminar will provide you with an overview of some of the main employment–related provisions in the Act including:
• The 9 protected characteristics of discrimination
• Extension of positive action
• The tribunal’s power to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases
• A new definition of direct discrimination to cover both 'associative' and 'perceived' discrimination
• Extension of employers' liability for third party harassment
• The harmonisation of the definition of harassment
• The widening of the test for establishing whether a person has a disability.
• Dual discrimination claims based on two different types of discrimination
• Prohibition of pre-employment questionnaires
• Indirect Discrimination