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Full Day Workshop

Industrial tribunals are frightening for the uninitiated and far more formal than they were intended to be when created. Participants who fail to prepare might as well prepare to fail, as the saying goes. This workshop is a realistic mock tribunal designed with in experienced employers and other witnesses in mind.

Description

What are the Workshop Objectives?

Delegates will gain confidence from observing or taking part in a mock tribunal case, chaired by an experienced tribunal Chairman. The morning sessions allow delegates to prepare for the 'live' afternoon sessions, by studying 'real' applications and response forms and many background papers, with the support of experts.

Workshop Overview

• For Employers and Other Witnesses - A Mock Tribunal from Start to Finish*
• Explanation of the Format, Background to the 'Case' and Allocating Roles
• Responding to a Claim - Meeting with your Representative, Providing Information and Making Witness Statements
• Conciliation in Employment Cases - Listen & Learn
• Outside the Hearing - What to expect on the day
• Inside the Hearing - From Oath to Cross-examination
• Inside the Hearing - Summing-up and Case Stating
• Reaching a Decision - Understanding Likely Awards and Costs, Feedback

* Note: Employers will be guided by an ex-industrial tribunal Chairman, Martin O'Brien; employment lawyer, Orlagh O'Neill; and Maxine Murphy-Higgins, a senior manager from the Labour Relations Agency, but some may be asked to volunteer for roleplaying parts. The bulk of the afternoon will be taken up by the mock tribunal hearing.

Who Should Attend?
This workshop is aimed at employers and witnesses who would like to experience a realistic tribunal process in a relatively safe environment

Duration ~ Date ~ Location
Full Day Workshop: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 25th March 2010
Corr's Corner Hotel, Ballyclare Road, Newtownabbey

Trainers & Facilitators
Maxine Murphy-Higgins ~ Labour Relations Agency
Martin O'Brien BL ~ Barrister and Ex-Industrial Tribunal Chairman
Orlagh O'Neill ~ Head of Employment Law, Carson McDowell

Cost

Full Rate: £295 + VAT
Charity Rate: £236 + VAT

All organisations with fewer than 50 employees or registered charities (registered at the time of booking) qualify for the Charity Rate. The number of employees includes all branches, subsidiary/parent companies, boards, trusts and federated organisations.

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