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Queen’s Speech announced over a dozen new pieces of legislation and new initiatives which will be introduced before the General Election. Many of them have an employment, equality or business dimension. • Laws making it easier to punish directors who ignore their responsibilities and break the law. • Increased protection for volunteers • Parents with children aged under 12 to receive up to £2,000 a year in free childcare. • Child Neglect Bill protecting children from criminal neglect. • New Pension laws setting out new freedoms for pensioners • Powers to tackle abuse of zero-hours contracts • Higher penalties for employers failing to pay the National Minimum Wage • A "Modern Slavery" law to give victims of slavery compensation • Ombudsman to deal with complaints from or about members of the Armed Services • Landlords who knowingly lease premises to criminal gangs will face up to five years’ imprisonment. This new offence will also apply to commercial landlords and ot

Ultimately all managers, supervisors and even staff are involved in training others be it showing someone how to do something, giving presentations, imparting guidance, coaching, mentoring or developing and delivering more formal training courses. To maximise learning Managers need to be able to hit the training ground running and get training off to a great start by ‘setting the scene’ and getting ‘buy in’ from participants. They need to be able to encourage enthusiasm and involvement, and gain commitment from trainees know how to understand and dealwith “difficult” or resistant people give clear instructions to achieve chances in skill level and attitude use the best training approach for different situations – either facilitative or directive. blend an appropriate mix of activities into any course from “talk and chalk” to lively and interactive use creative thinking techniques understand the merits and de-merits of role play in training They also need to know how to effectively

Developing a more strategic approach to management With the flatter management structures that operate within business today it is important both for short term success and longer term promotion that operational and even first line managers work in a strategic manner. There is increasing pressure to implement effective systems, policies and procedures that deliver results and excellent services. At its simplest level thought needs to be given to forward planning, team development and staff succession planning. Whilst more advanced strategic planning may include cascading business development targets to team members and linking these to appraisals and performance reviews. The #ConcrewTraining workshop on strategic management explores the typical roles and responsibilities of operational managers and considers how, where and when a more strategic and forward thinking management style could deliver improved team and personal performance across the short, medium and longer terms.

The need to differentiate and develop a differentiated learning environment or classroom is widely preached – and with good reason too, but what does the term differentiation actually mean? More importantly what does a differentiated classroom look like and how is it best achieved? Effective teaching needs to be aligned to the needs of individual students. The teacher/trainer needs to take account of the individual students’ knowledge, abilities and learning styles and then deliver the lesson or course in a way that enables individual students to maximise their learning, development and progression. Differentiating during teaching and training sessions isn’t always easy. The more diverse the student cohort, the more challenging effective differentiation becomes. On a one-to-one basis differentiation is relatively easy but as the group or class size increases this becomes a complex and potentially daunting task. A task that presents real challenges, even for the most skilled tea

Twenty-three male workers at a Welsh University who were paid less than their female counterparts have won around £500,000 in compensation after suing for sex discrimination. Eighteen caretakers and tradesmen took the University of Wales, Trinity St David (UWTSD) to an employment tribunal claiming they were paid less than women on the same pay grade, including secretaries and office workers. The university's lawyers told a Cardiff tribunal that they would no longer be contesting the claim and agreed to pay out to the claimants and five more men on the same pay grade. UWTSD had initially argued that the pay difference was not due to gender but because of changes to the men's contracts. Paul Doran, the men's solicitor, is expected his clients to share a £500,000 payout. Concrew Training provides equal pay audits to help prevent issues like this arising

The law on flexible working changes on June 30th. The right is being extended to ALL employees. Employers must ensure that workplace policies and codes of practice are up to date, fully complying with these changes. The new regulations mean that employers will have a duty to consider all requests BUT will still have the flexibility to refuse requests on genuine business grounds. If you receive a request for flexible working, there are three important steps that must be taken:- 1. Arrange to discuss the request with the employee as quickly as possible 2. If there is likely to be any delay in discussing the request, the employee must be swiftly informed 3. The process of considering any request, including appeals, must be completed within three months of the date the request Our Employment Legislation workshop covers this and other recent/pending changes http://concrew-training.co.uk/home/support-for-education/equality-and-diversity/understanding-employment-law

Based in London? Running a non profit making organisation or project? Looking for funding? The London funding market is one of the most competitive in Europe, the recession and other local factors have increased both the level of competition and the demand for funding from all types of community, learning, charitable, social enterprise and non-profit making organisations. This workshop examines some of the more common funds that London based organisations can access, local, regional, UK wide and European. It considers how these funds can be utilised to expand, develop and grow services and explains how to find and access them. It includes information and presentations on European Funding, LEP Funding, Charitable Trust Funding, Social Investment, Crowd Funding and a range of other funding opportunities. The increasing role of the Local Enterprise partnership, new European funding streams, changes to the Skills Funding Agency budget and new social investment programmes all provide e