CILEx Level 3 Unit 13 The Practice of Employment Law
CILEx Level 3 Unit 13 The Practice of Employment Law - £325
This course will deliver detailed knowledge and the skills to put your knowledge of Employment Law into practice. This web page covers the content of this course. Information on how our supported distance learning courses are delivered is given on the page titled 'Courses for CILEx Level 3 law and practice units'. The fee is £325 if purchased as a single unit, but discounts are available if purchased as part of a bundle of units as indicated under the heading 'Application' at the bottom of the page. CILEx Level 3 units were known as ILEX Level 3 units until recently. CILEx stands for the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. It was known as the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) until the award of a Royal Charter in January 2012.
Who is the course for?
This course is relevant:
- if you are working towards an CILEx Level 3 qualification as indicated in the section below
- if you are an unqualified member of staff or paralegal who needs to know employment law procedures and to learn how to apply individual employment law, working under the supervision of more experienced staff.
- if you work in a human resources or personnel function, this course will give you an excellent training in how to deal with employment matters in the workplace
- if you are a member of the public and you want to know more about employment rights and the law relating to dismissal, redundancy and discrimination
We recommend that you also study CILEx Level 3 Employment Law. Level 3 is the equivalent to A level in academic standard. Our Level 6 course in Employment Law delivers honours-degree level knowledge and our Level 6 course the Practice of Employment Law delivers LPC-level knowledge.
What qualification will I get?
This course does not amount to a qualification on its own, although success in the unit does contribute seven credits to your learning record. The unit can be used to contribute to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice (Employment Practice) or the CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice which are both listed on the national database of accredited qualifications for England and Wales.
What will I be able to do when I have completed the course?
If you work in legal practice you will be able to initiate and follow through uncomplicated matters relating to discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, religion, sex and race; on maternity and paternity rights; on unfair dismissal and redundancy in individual cases. If you work in human resources you will be able to apply your knowledge to your organisation's recruitment procedures as well as to dismissal and redundancy of individual employees. The course syllabus does not include collective labour law.
We recommend that you also study the CILEx Level 3 Unit 06 Employment Law.
What is the detailed course content?
The Practice of Employment Law course delivers the CILEx syllabus for this unit. Please click on the link to see the syllabus content expressed in terms of broad learning outcomes as well as the detailed knowledge, understanding and skills that are delivered by the course. ITC publishes a course manual every year to deliver the CILEx syllabus and the table of contents (2011 edition) is reproduced below. You can also view sample pages from the course manual.
Chapter 1: Basic Principles of Employment Law Practice
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Changing nature of employment law practice
1.3 Scope of employment law practice
1.3.1 Non-contentious employment law practice
1.3.2 Contentious employment law practice
1.4 Implications of employment law practice
1.5 Summary
Chapter 2: Legal Issues in Recruitment
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Discrimination
2.3 Protected characteristics
2.3.1 Age
2.3.2 Disability
2.3.2.1 A physical or mental impairment
2.3.2.2 Substantial
2.3.2.3 Long-term effect
2.3.2.4 Normal day-to-day activities
2.3.3 Race
2.3.4 Religion or belief
2.3.5 Sex
2.3.6 Sexual orientation
2.4 Prohibited conduct
2.4.1 Direct discrimination
2.4.2 Dual discrimination
2.4.3 Indirect discrimination
2.4.4 Harassment
2.4.5 Victimisation
2.4.6 Discrimination arising from a disability
2.4.7 Duty to make reasonable adjustments
2.4.8 Pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work
2.5 Occupational requirements
2.6 Job advertisements
2.7 Application process
2.8 Interview process
2.9 Criminal records
2.10 References
2.10.1 Providing a reference
2.11 Data protection
2.12 Summary
Chapter 3: The Employment Contract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The written statement of particular terms
3.2.1 Enforcing the obligation to give a statement
3.3 Statutory terms affecting the contract of employment
3.3.1 Rights relating to working time
3.3.1.1 The 48-hour limit on average weekly working hours
3.3.1.2 Opting out of the 48-hour limit
3.3.1.3 Entitlement to rest breaks
3.3.1.4 Entitlement to paid annual leave
3.3.2 Rights relating to pay
3.3.2.1 The national minimum wage
3.3.3 Right to a minimum period of notice
3.3.4 Pension provisions
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4: Contractual Terms and Policies
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Contractual clauses
4.2.1 Probationary period clause
4.2.2 Payment in lieu of notice
4.2.3 Garden leave
4.2.4 Restrictive covenants
4.2.5 Confidentiality
4.2.6 Gross misconduct clause
4.3 Policies and procedures
4.3.1 Disciplinary and grievance policy
4.3.2 Equal opportunities policy
4.3.3 Health and safety policy
4.3.4 Internet and email use policy
4.3.5 Flexible working policy
4.3.6 Whistle-blowing policy
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5: Family-friendly Employment Law
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Maternity rights
5.2.1 Ante-natal care
5.2.2 Maternity leave
5.2.3 Maternity pay
5.3 Adoption rights
5.3.1 Adoption leave
5.3.2 Adoption pay
5.4 Paternity rights
5.4.1 Ordinary paternity leave
5.4.2 Additional paternity leave
5.4.3 Paternity pay
5.5 Parental leave
5.6 Leave for dependants
5.7 Flexible working rights
5.8 Summary
Chapter 6: Managing Dismissal
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Unfair dismissal
6.2.1 Who can claim unfair dismissal?
6.2.2 Was the claimant dismissed?
6.2.3 Was there a potentially fair reason for dismissal?
6.2.3.1 Capability or qualification
6.2.3.2 Conduct
6.2.3.3 Illegality
6.2.3.4 Some other substantial reason
6.2.4 Did the employer act with substantive and procedural fairness?
6.2.5 Enforcement and remedies
6.2.5.1 Reinstatement and re-engagement
6.2.5.2 A financial award
6.3 Summary
Chapter 7: Managing Redundancy
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Defining redundancy
7.2.1 Business closure
7.2.2 Workplace closure
7.2.3 Reduced requirement for employees
7.2.4 Is the reason for dismissal redundancy?
7.2.5 Unfair dismissal
7.3 Redundancy selection
7.4 Individual and collective consultation
7.5 Avoiding redundancy
7.6 Redundancy payment
7.7 Summary
Chapter 8: Submitting a Claim to the Employment Tribunal
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Bringing and defending a claim
8.2.1 Claim form
8.2.2 Time limits for bringing a claim
8.2.3 Submitting the claim
8.2.4 Response form
8.2.5 Basic Employment Tribunal procedure – revision chart
8.3 Case management
8.3.1 Case management discussion
8.3.2 Pre-hearing review
8.3.3 Witness orders
8.3.4 Requests for further information and documents
8.4 Unfair dismissal claim scenario
8.5 Summary
Application
Download: CILEx courses application form 2011-12.pdf
Or apply on-line:
Apply for this course alone at £325
Apply for all courses leading to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice at £1100
Apply for this course along with Unit 1 Introduction to Law and Practice and Unit 6 Employment Law at £730