The PEEL club

Personnel Experts in Employment Law (PEEL) Club

Keep informed and avoid the pitfalls in employment law

Designed specifically for senior personnel and employee relations professionals, the PEEL Club provides a cost effective and enjoyable way of keeping you up-to-date with the increasingly fast pace of developments in UK and EU employment law.

The PEEL Club is the only one of its kind, running successfully for over 20 years, it has members drawn from leading organisations in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

The idea of the Club is a simple one: members meet for seven half-day sessions throughout the year in London and Edinburgh to discuss and deal with appropriate contemporary issues about employment law.

Peel Club 2008 Prices
Peel Club 2008 Dates

Just some of the special topics and themes covered so far in 2007 have include:

• Developments in 'Family friendly' laws
• Unacceptable behaviour at work-bullying, harassment, invasions of privacy, out of work activities and 'whistleblowing'
• Equality and opportunity at work; key developments and emerging issues
• New legal issues in recuitment
• Pay at work-equal pay, sickpay and developments in law affecting payment systems and practices
• Developments in the law affecting termination of employment contracts
• Key legal issues in health at work-stress, absence, capability, smoking and other work related health and lifestyle matters
• Legal issues of performance management
• Recruitment
• New rights for work-life balance
• EU legislation
• Case law on health and safety
• Early impact of Age Discrimination Law.

Special topics for 2008, with more to follow soon...

• Recruitment, selection and screening of applicants
• Employing non-standard workers
• Law relating to change at work
• Managing poor performance and the legal aspects of this
• Absence and the law
• Dealing with disputes
• Equal opportunities law
• Update on stress, bullying and other well-being issues at work
• Involving employees at work
• Collective labour relations, information and consultation

Benefits of joining

• Keep up-to-date with UK and EU employment law
• Network with fellow personnel professionals
• Discuss employment law issues that impact on you and your organisation
• Study towards a Master’s degree in employment law
• Take a trip to the European Court of Justice*
• Discuss ‘Hot topics’ and key cases
• Gain access to the online PEEL Club Forum and download area.

Your PEEL Club Session leader

Professor Patricia Leighton is a Jean Monnet Professor of European Law at the University of Glamorgan. She is also a Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, and Visiting Professor of International Law at the University of Hertfordshire.
She has researched, trained and written widely on employment law and has undertaken projects for the ILO, the European Commission and the UK and foreign governments as well as several UK organisations including the CIPD.

Professional qualifications: 
Postgraduate Certificate in Employment Law

Members are given the opportunity to qualify towards a Masters degree in employment law. This involves completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Employment Law – accredited by the University of Glamorgan. To complete the certificate, members must attend all seven meetings, read extra material and complete just three modules over the year. The certificate accounts for 60 points towards their Masters.

Trip to the Brussels to meet leading policy and law makers*

PEEL Club members will have the opportunity to visit Brussels, led by our session leader, Patricia Leighton, to meet leading policy and law makers and key individuals and organisations concerned with employment law matters.

Prices 2008

Dates

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Download the PEEL Club application form and email to peel@capita-ld.co.uk

18 Nov 2008
Factory, office or retail: how safe are you?

18 Nov 2008
Gender pay gap increase is an injustice for women and men

18 Nov 2008
New scheme to reduce redundancies