Effective employee consultation forums and works councils

Many employers have employee consultation forums or groups of some sort, be they through a formal arrangements with a trade union / an Information and Consultation Committee set up in accordance with the applicable I&C Regulations or a more informal Employee Consultation Forum (or however labelled within your business).  This course will train your representatives on their role as an employee representatives, how to conduct themselves in meeting and  how to best represent their constituencies.

1-hr online interactive session

This is a knowledge based session which provides an overview of the structure of investigations and how to approach them.  We can deliver this session for up to 10 people.  Although this is an online session we will keep it interactive and engaging throughout.  Copies of the materials used will be available for you to distribute to your delegates.     

Half day online or on your site 

This is a session which goes beyond the knowledge provided in the 1hr online session.  We will also look at the legal background to disciplinary and grievances and provide some worked examples for groups to work through.  This session begins to provide delegates with an application of knowledge.     

1 day session on your site  

This is a in depth session which provides a full legal foundation of disciplinary and grievance issues, will give delegates a selection of questioning techniques that can be used and also address the different approaches that need to be taken to sensitive issues such as harassment.