The case of alex morton

Accountant Alex Morton was caught by his boss Jane Clarkson rifling through a colleague’s suit pocket in the office cloakroom. Before managing to explain just what his hand was doing in Iman’s pocket – beyond a stuttered mention of ‘difficult time’ and ‘cigarettes’ - Alex was suspended pending a full investigation. Mind you, Ms Clarkson’s steely gaze and curt interrogation would have left a lot of people quivering. This wasn’t actually a real life scenario – it was actors from Roleplay UK demonstrating pertinent points about workplace grievance and disciplinary procedures at our Half Day Employment Law Briefing. It was a fascinating way to learn about the changes to legislation being introduced on April 6 and worked brilliantly alongside presentations by employment law experts from Hegarty LLP Solicitors. Around 70 HR managers from Greater Peterborough attended the event at the National Centre for Deafblindness in Peterborough. It became a very interactive session with their expertise being called upon to direct the actors in how and how not to handle difficult situations. Feedback so far has been excellent which is always pleasing when organising an event that’s just a little bit different.As for Alex – Ms Clarkson found him guilty and fired him. Read more about the event at our news section.

Employment law to feature centre stage

The final preparations are being made for the latest addition to our events calendar – the Employment Law Half Day Briefing.

We run a breakfast briefing each Autumn in conjunction with Hegarty LLP Solicitors. But this year the raft of new legislation covering disciplinary and grievance procedures has prompted the addition of an extra briefing.

RolePlay UK have joined us in this venture, refreshing the format for the morning. They use trained actors to illustrate the points being made. So, employment law specialists Tim Thompson and Martin Bloom from Hegarty’s will speak on the new legislation dealing with discipline, grievance and dismissal situations and the new ACAS Code of Practice. The subjects will then be demonstrated by the actors emulating potential real-life scenarios.

This is something completely new for us and I’m really looking forward to seeing it in action. It should be a very visual way of demonstrating the points being made and hopefully all the delegates – and us too – will learn some useful information.

The event is taking place next Tuesday – March 24 – at the National Centre for Deafblindness in Peterborough.

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