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Equality, Diversity & Harassment in the Workplace - A Guide for Law Firms - Learn Live

Length
1.5 hours
Next course start
14 April, 2025 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
Length
1.5 hours
Next course start
14 April, 2025 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom

Course description

This live and interactive broadcast session is aimed at fee earners and support staff and provides information and guidance on essential elements of equality and diversity, together with the latest on how to tackle harassment in the workplace. It includes a number of practical exercises and case studies designed to raise awareness and offer approaches to diversity issues in all aspects of your business.


Join seasoned expert Tracey Calvert in our virtual classroom as she discusses perceptions and impact of behaviour, meeting equality requirements on recruitment and treatment of staff, provision of services and dealing with third parties, SRA Handbook requirements, a brief overview of legislative obligations and the Equality Act 2010, reviewing your equality and diversity policy, tackling harassment in the workplace, the new SRA Standards and Regulations, warning notice on NDAs and the ‘me too’ implications.

Upcoming start dates

1 start date available

14 April, 2025

  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online
  • English

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Following all MBL courses, a certificate of attendance will be provided for those who are required to evidence their CPD activity to a professional body.

Training Course Content

Introduction

This virtual classroom session is aimed at fee earners and support staff and provides information and guidance on essential elements of equality and diversity, together with the latest on how to tackle harassment in the workplace.

It includes a number of practical exercises and case studies designed to raise awareness and offer approaches to diversity issues in all aspects of your business.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive session will cover the following:

  • Introduction to equality and diversity
  • Perceptions and impact of behaviour
  • Meeting equality requirements on recruitment and treatment of staff, provision of services and dealing with third parties
  • Brief overview of legislative obligations - the Equality Act 2010
  • Reviewing your equality and diversity policy
  • Tackling harassment in the workplace
  • Action planning
  • The SRA Standards and Regulations and how the requirements are expressed in this toolkit
  • The SRA warning notice on NDAs and the ‘me too’ implications

Expenses

From £153
MBL Seminars Limited
C/o Law Business Research
Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn
WC1V 7QT London

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