Embracing Migrant and Host Workers into the Workplace
Overview
Due to major changes in the world of work there is a need to embrace host workers into our workforce. This course explores this process and its impact on the workplace.
Target Audience
HR Managers, Project Managers, Contract Managers, Training Managers, Policy Makers, Equality Officers
Course Content
- Be able to clearly define specific issues and barriers facing guest workers with regards to employment
- Understand the benefits of employment of guest workers
- Identify the different types of immigration status and how this affects rights in the workplace
- Understand the issues surrounding the status of agency workers
- Understand statutory protection under the employment contract
- Recognize rights under the National Minimum Wage Regulations and the Working Time Regulations
- Understand the different types of discrimination and how these may be encountered in the workplace
- Understand what benefits are available for different categories of migrant workers
- Know how employment rights may be enforced
- Make an effective ongoing personal contribution to the recruitment of guest workers
- Want to know and do more about the whole subject
Course Benefits:
You will understand the barriers and obstacles facing the guest worker and raise your awareness of guest workers’ individual rights and responsibilities within the equal opportunities legal framework. The course will empower you to embrace specific issues, which affect the employment of guest workers, exploring the positive impact it will have on small to medium size businesses. This will help you ensure your company policies reflect legislative guidelines and also help you to deliver quality services that are responsive to workforce and client needs.
