EU Employment Law: When Does the Board Carry the Risk?

By Auren Institute

This course gives senior leaders, governance professionals, and board members the systems and frameworks needed to prevent employment-law liability before it reaches the boardroom.

  • 3 CPD hours
  • eLearning
  • Online, self-paced
  • About 3 hours, self-paced online
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About this course

This course gives senior leaders, governance professionals, and board members the systems and frameworks needed to prevent employment-law liability before it reaches the boardroom.

The course covers Compliance is not a folder of policies, Culture is the compliance indicator, and Where the board carries the risk. It is self-paced and online, ends with a short online assessment, and every learner who passes receives a certificate for 3 CPD hours.

It is designed for senior leaders, governance professionals, board members, in-house counsel, and Heads of HR who carry strategic accountability for employment-law compliance.

What you will learn

  • Apply the seven components of compliance to assess any board policy
  • Use the four-level audit model to find compliance gaps before they trigger claims
  • Recognise the six cultural risk indicators that predict employment-law failure
  • Apply the reasonable-steps ladder to defeat vicarious liability under Allay v Gehlen
  • Build the board reporting and escalation framework that satisfies SM&CR
  • Use a curated UK and EU statute, regulator and case library

Course details

CPD hours
3
Format
eLearning
Delivery
Online, self-paced
Duration
About 3 hours, self-paced online
Language
English
Price
€300 per person

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