Pictured above: Sharon Auld, Senior Employment Adviser,
Grindeys
The facts about new equality laws, recently lampooned by TV
business Dragon Duncan Bannatyne, will be explained to North
Staffordshire companies at an event staged by leading regional
employment lawyers Grindeys.
Health club boss Bannatyne mocked the Equality Act 2010 as the
end of the office joke.
But businesses will be able to get a more considered view of the
new rules if they attend the "Equality Act - is your business
ready?" seminar at the Stoke campus of Staffordshire University on
Wednesday, October 20.
Around 90 per cent of the Equality Act 2010 came into force on
October 1, 2010.
Sharon Auld, Senior employment adviser at Grindeys said: "The
introduction of the new Act has led to much debate including some
inflammatory statements.
"We plan to cut through the controversy and give company leaders
and HR staff a concise guide to how the new legislation will impact
on their businesses.
"The new act establishes a single approach to dealing with
discrimination. There are several changes to previous rules, for
example employers will generally not be able to ask job applicants
about health and disability issues.
"Companies are likely to have to amend their HR policies and may
need to seek legal guidance."
Stoke based Grindeys is staging the event in conjunction with
Staffordshire University and the North Staffordshire Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (NSCCI).
The event, including breakfast, will be held at the Ashley
Building on the university's Leek Road site, starting and will run
from 8.30am to 12.30pm.
Places at the seminar, at a cost of £30 (£25 for
North Staffs Chamber of Commerce members) can be booked by
telephoning Staffordshire University on 01782 294178.