Free E-learning Course
This course focuses on several key areas relating to Informing and Consulting (I&C). Specifically, the course can help you to understand:
- What Information and consultation is
- Some of its benefits and limitations
- The forthcoming changes to I&C regulations in the UK
- How to introduce I&C into your organisation effectively
- How to maintain its momentum, once introduced
After completing the course…
you may decide you need more help. A range of services from half day training sessions to individual consultation are available on request. Select from the following units and topics:
What is Informing and Consulting All About?
- You can select one of these topics:
- What do I need to know about Information and Consultation?
- What is an ‘undertaking'?
- What is the impact on my organisation?
- What is information and what kind should I communicate?
- How do you define consultation?
- What should I consult about with my employees?
- Review and move on?
- Quiz
What are the Benefits and Limitations?
- You can select one of these topics:
- What are the benefits for my organisation?
- What are the benefits for my employees?
- What limitations do I need to know about?
- Pause for thought
The What, How and When of Information and Consultation
- You can select one of these topics:
- Information pure and simple - what do I need to communicate ?
- Mandatory information about your employees' conditions of employment
- Information about your employees' jobs
- Information about your organisation
- What kind of information should I consult about?
- What are the high-level stages of the process?
- What about other considerations?
- Consider providing options
- What about pre-existing agreements?
- Pause for thought
- Review or move on?
- Quiz
- Unit 4 case study
Understanding Employee Representation
- You can select one of these topics:
- How employee representation works
- Procedures for electing representatives
- Other electoral issues to consider
- What about reporting back to constituency members?
- Some typical mixed-organisation scenarios in the UK
- Handling employee representation in mixed organisations
- Pause for thought
Understanding Handling Restructuring
- You can select one of these topics:
- What are the existing laws on consultation about redundancies?
- What is the relationship with existing I&C requirements?
- What are the broad guidelines for handling restructuring?
- Review or move on?
Understanding Confidentiality
- You can select one of these topics:
- What should my policy on confidentiality be?
- How do I handle confidential information and confidentiality disputes?
- What about Stock Exchange regulations?
- Review or move on?
Understanding the Approval of Negotiated Agreements
- You can select one of these topics:
- Issues connected to approval of negotiated agreements
- What about resolving disputes that may arise?
- What should I know about when holding a ballot?
- Can my employees complain about a ballot?
- Pause for thought
- Review or move on?
- Quiz
Methods for Communicating with Your Employees
- You can select one of these topics:
- Communicating directly with your employees
- Communicating directly with your employees in writing
- Communicating indirectly with your employees
- Thinking about communicating with all your employees
- Pause for thought
Methods for Consulting with Your Employees
- You can select one of these topics:
- Using indirect communication methods for consulting
- Consulting through committees
- What to discuss
- Organising meetings
- Consultative committee checklist
- Joint working groups (JWGs)
- Review or move on?
Maintaining Effective Information and Consultation
- You can select one of these topics:
- What contributes to effective I&C?
- What part should training play?
- What about reviewing the I&C process?
- What indicates effective I&C?
- Pause for thought
- Review or move on?
- Case study
Other Legislation Dealing with Information and Consultation
You can select one of these topics:
- Conditions of employment and pensions
- The Companies Act 1985
- Trade union recognition
- What are collective redundancies and business transfers?
- Consulting on collective redundancies and business transfers
- Other issues relating to collective redundancies and transfers
- Health and safety issues
- Transnational information and consultation of employees regulations 1999
- Final words
Acas aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations. We provide up-to-date information, independent advice, high quality training and we work with employers and employees to solve problems and improve performance. www.acas.org.uk
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