Course Details

All managers get involved in recruitment at some stage in their work, and there are a number of legal issues to consider. Discrimination needs to be avoided, of course. Can we ask about convictions? Can we take a reference, and how valuable is it? Can we ask questions about someone’s health? What happens if we verbally offer a job at the end of an interview, is that binding? In summary, how can we approach recruitment and be sure that what we are doing is legally compliant? 

 

In this course Professor Kathy Daniels covers the following topics:

  • How discrimination can arise in the recruitment process
  • What you can ask about health issues
  • What questions you can ask about family responsibilities
  • What you can ask about criminal convictions
  • What can, and cannot, be put on a reference

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Professor Kathy Daniels

Professor Kathy Daniels runs her own consultancy, advising, writing and speaking about employment law. She regularly presents for a number of organisations including the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Kathy started her career working in HR, and became Head of HR in a large manufacturing company in the West Midlands. She worked at Aston University in Birmingham for several years, latterly being both Professor and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Engagement), and since retiring from the University has been made an Honorary Professor. She has written a number of books about Human Resources and Higher Education, and has written an employment law textbook which is in its seventh edition. She is a Lay Member of the Employment Tribunal, sitting in Birmingham and an Independent Panel Member of the West Midlands Police Misconduct Board.