13/12/2017

Equality Commission Announces Series of Information Events

The Equality Commission has announced a series of training sessions for employers and service providers across NI.

The events aim to cover some of the most common enquiries received by the Equality Commission each year and will help keep employers on the right side of the law.

The current training programme covers a number of half-day events from January to March 2018 taking place in Belfast and Craigavon. Employer training topics include:

• Introduction to understanding equality

• Recruiting fairly

• Managing bullying and harassment at work

• Pregnancy and maternity at work

• Reasonable steps defence

• How to complete an Article 55 review

• Promoting disability equality in the workplace

• Public sector section 75 duties: a focus on screening

Find out how to register for any of the events and further details of the employer training programme here.

(MH)

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