The law associated with data protection and privacy

Maternity & Paternity pay law and rights, and Parental rights (including Adoption rights)

The legal aspects of redundancy

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) preserve employees' terms and conditions when a business or undertaking, or part of one, is transferred to a new employer

How employment law influences employment practices

How employee voice influences employment practices

People resourcing initiatives and corporate strategy

Direct and indirect discrimination based on an employee's or potential employee's age

Direct and indirect discrimination based on an employee's or potential employee's race

Direct and indirect discrimination based on an employee's or potential employee's religious beliefs

Direct and indirect discrimination based on an employee's or potential employee's gender and/or their sexual orientation

Direct and indirect discrimination against a disabled person in their terms of employment, promotion opportunities, by dismissing them or by subjecting them to any other detriment

Issues surrounding bullying and harrassment

Men and women are entitled to equal pay for work of equal value. Pay in this context includes contractual benefits, eg bonuses and pension contributions, as well as basic wages or salary

Dealing with the issues surrounding the employment of people with a criminal record

Evaluation of the job performance of an employee

How organizations structure the career progress of their employees

The developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable employee helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable employee

The ‘loan’ of an employee to another part of an organization or to a completely different organization

Formulating appropriate HR strategies based on the business strategy - a macro to micro view of the HR function

Everything from HR Information Systems (HRIS) and payroll systems to absence management software

HR business reports

Policies provided by the likes Bupa, AXA, Aviva and Pru Health

Benefits to employees who are incapacitated and hence unable to work due to illness or accident

An insurance policy that pays out a lump sum in the event of an employee’s death, with the purpose of protecting loved ones and dependents against financial hardship

Everything from final-salary/defined benefits schemes and money-purchase/defined contribution schemes to Group Personal Pension schemes (GPP)

Annual leave entitlements