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Employment Rights Act 2025

A programme helping leaders and HR teams meet Employment Rights Act 2025 duties with stronger processes, harassment prevention, fair decision‑making and EDI‑embedded leadership.

Employment Rights Act 2025 Training Course

Employment Rights Act 2025

A CPD programme for employers across Education, Charities, Voluntary & Community Sector and all public sector organisations. The Employment Rights Act 2025 and related reforms raise the bar for leadership practice. This programme equips senior leaders, managers, trustees and HR professionals with the skills required to meet new legal expectations with Equality, Diversity and Inclusion embedded.

In‑House vs Open Courses

In‑house courses are private sessions delivered exclusively for a group of people from your organisation, on a date that suits you, with the option to tailor the content to your staff and setting.

Open courses are public Equality and Diversity UK training dates that anyone can book onto, ideal when you only need training for one or two people.

Looking for an open training course?


Employment Reform Now Demands

  • Stronger documentation and evidence
  • Day‑one fairness in decision‑making
  • Proactive harassment prevention
  • Confident management of flexible working
  • Equality‑aware restructures
  • Governance oversight of people risk

This is not about updating policies — it is about strengthening leadership capability.


Programme Overview

Flexible Delivery | Sector‑Specific

Delivered as organisation‑tailored sessions, based on your requirements recorded in the pre‑training survey. Available as full‑day or half‑day sessions.


Content

Employment Rights Act 2025: What Has Changed?

  • Day‑one rights and probation management
  • Flexible working reforms
  • Family leave and absence changes
  • Strengthened unfair dismissal protections
  • Trade union and consultation developments
  • Legal risk trends in tribunals

EDI Focus: Understanding disproportionate impact and discrimination risk in early employment decisions.

Fair Process Under Scrutiny

  • Lawful disciplinaries and capability
  • Grievance handling
  • Investigations that withstand challenge
  • Reasonable adjustments in process
  • Documentation standards
  • Evidence standards

EDI Focus: Bias‑aware decision‑making and intersectional analysis in people management.

Preventing Sexual Harassment: The Proactive Duty

  • Understanding the preventative legal duty
  • Risk assessment frameworks
  • Culture and reporting mechanisms
  • Leadership accountability
  • Board oversight responsibilities

EDI Focus: Psychological safety, power dynamics and protected characteristics.

Managing Absence, Disability and Flexible Working

  • Applying family‑friendly rights
  • Disability discrimination risks
  • Reasonable adjustments in practice
  • Managing long‑term absence fairly
  • Hybrid and flexible arrangements

EDI Focus: Avoiding indirect discrimination and ensuring consistency.

Restructure, Change and Consultation

  • Lawful restructure processes
  • Consultation obligations
  • Redundancy fairness
  • Equality Impact Assessments
  • Managing funding uncertainty in VCS settings

EDI Focus: Embedding EIAs in workforce planning and organisational change.

Governance, Risk and Leadership Culture

  • Trustee and board responsibilities
  • Data monitoring and workforce analysis
  • Equality metrics in people strategy
  • Creating an inclusive employment culture
  • Linking EDI to organisational resilience

EDI Focus: Embedding fairness as a strategic risk management tool.


Who Should Attend

  • Chief Executives and Principals
  • HR Leads
  • Senior Leaders
  • Line Managers
  • Trustees and Governors
  • Operations Managers
  • Charity Directors

What Participants Gain

  • ✓ Confidence in applying new employment law
  • ✓ Stronger documentation and evidence practice
  • ✓ Reduced tribunal and reputational risk
  • ✓ Practical tools and templates
  • ✓ Equality‑embedded leadership skills
  • ✓ Greater organisational resilience

Costs and Delegate Numbers

Course Costs
  • £595 for a half‑day session
  • £895 for a full‑day session
  • Two half‑day sessions delivered on the same day are charged at the full‑day rate
  • Half‑day rate may not be available for face‑to‑face sessions
Delegate Numbers
  • Online sessions: maximum of 15 delegates
  • Face‑to‑face sessions: recommended maximum of 20 delegates

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