Employment law in the context of advising schools

This specialist course is aimed at employment lawyers and HR professionals who work with education providers. With a practical focus, this popular course enables the delegate to consider issues specific to the education sector.

In a series of afternoon seminars taking place across the UK, education and employment law specialist Oliver Hyams will cover:

The Burgundy Book: pitfalls for the unwary
Continuity of employment for teachers
Pension rights and obligations: possible problems
Safeguarding issues: what protection is there for the employee in (a) the law of unfair dismissal, (b) public law, and (c) the law of contract?
Head teachers' own pay: when might a head teacher err in agreeing to his/her own (high) pay?
How far can an Ofsted report be used as ammunition against an individual teacher?
Retirement: when would it be fair to require a teacher or a head teacher to retire?
Rights (or not?) to legal representation in disciplinary proceedings?
Duty of care of the employer: how to deal with a single (possibly rogue) governor making life difficult for a head teacher?

The seminars take place:

In Newcastle on 4th October 2016
In Leeds on 17th October 2016
In London on 1st November 2016

For more information regarding cost, timings and venue detail for the different dates, please contact the seminar organiser CLT.

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