Employment Rights Act Training Package

E-learning courses for employees and managers

The Employment Rights Act (ERA) introduces significant reforms to UK employment law, giving staff stronger protections and placing new responsibilities on employers. Managers need to be aware of these changes and take appropriate steps - such as proactive risk assessments, robust record-keeping, and targeted staff training - to avoid breaching the new rules.

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ERA changes employer liability: are you ready?

Key changes include:

Day 1 rights: Employee entitlements for family-friendly rights and sickness absence
Third-party harassment: Protection for employees against harassment (including sexual harassment) by third parties (such as clients, customers, or contractors) based on any protected characteristic
Preventative duty: Requirement to take "all reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment
Whistleblowing: Sexual harassment reports will be classified as "protected disclosures”
Unfair dismissal: Protection begins after six months of employment, and the cap on the compensatory award will be removed.

Uncapped

The removal of the cap on compensation creates potentially unlimited financial exposure for employers.

3rd Party Harrassment

Employers are now responsible for harassment by clients and contractors.

Whistleblowing

Sexual harassment reports become protected disclosures.

Anti-Harassment Training and Employer Responsibilities

Meeting Increased Employer Obligations and Worker Protection

The Employment Rights Act introduces increased employer obligations alongside strengthened worker protection, requiring organisations to take proactive steps to prevent harassment and discrimination through structured governance, training and reporting.

By choosing our Employment Rights Act training, you’ll gain access to regularly updated courses to address knowledge gaps to ensure staff and manager responsibilities under the new legislation. Looking for a more customisable approach to your compliance e-learning? Our bespoke plans might be for you.

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About our learning styles

In-depth

These are our more detailed e-learning courses that include practice scenarios and typically last between 25 and 45 minutes.

Refresher

These targeted courses help reinforce your employees' knowledge and notify them of any updates they might not be aware of. These typically last between 15 and 20 minutes.

Express

Our focused training courses deliver employee learning in smaller chunks, typically lasting between 10 and 15 minutes.

Microlearning

These bite-sized animated training videos can be delivered as: standalone, embedded in detailed e-learning courses, or compiled into a learning path.

Before working with Skillcast, our mandatory and refresher training was a labour intensive process focussed on administration and keeping materials up to date. Now it is a system that delivers 100% compliance with up-to-date and relevant material. It has freed us up as a business to concentrate far more on the learner experience instead of ticking boxes.

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Preventing Sexual Harassment

In-depth 30 Minutes Preventing Harassment For all staff

Companies rightly have a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment, and violations may lead not only to disciplinary action but also to perpetrator prosecution.

Whistleblowing

In-depth 20 Minutes For all staff

Our Whistleblowing Training Course educates employees on reporting misconduct safely and ensures protection.

Harassment in the Workplace

In-depth 30 Minutes For all staff

Conduct that amounts to harassment is not necessarily limited to verbal acts, but it covers a range of behaviour.

Whistleblowing

Refresher 15 Minutes For all staff

Whistleblowing in confidence or anonymously about internal malpractices and external threats is extremely important for the functioning and survival of any company.

Preventing Sexual Harassment for Managers

In-depth 40 Minutes Preventing Harassment For managers

The new duty to prevent sexual harassment in the UK will be enforceable by employment tribunals, allowing for increased compensation for victims by up to 25% if an employer fails in their duty.

Whistleblowing

Microlearning 5 Minutes For all staff

Whistleblowing is the act of reporting wrongdoing such as fraud, bribery or safety breaches to protect an organisation and its stakeholders.

Speak Up

Microlearning 5 Minutes For all staff

Speaking up against misconduct or unethical behaviour can be challenging, but it is essential to maintaining integrity in the workplace.

Speak Up

In-depth 25 Minutes For all staff

It is essential for firms to have a strong speak up culture to ensure that staff raise concerns if they've witnessed misconduct.