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        • How to manage probationary periods
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        • How to carry out succession planning
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        • How to recruit and manage apprentices
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        • How to become a carer friendly workplace
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        • How to manage employee reservists
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        • How to support recruitment of ex-offenders
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        • How to recruit and support returners following a career break
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        • How to encourage take up of annual leave
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        • How to manage sick leave and pay
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        • How to carry out performance appraisals
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        • How to support employees undergoing IVF treatment
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        • How to manage paternity leave and pay
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        • How to manage shared parental leave and pay
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        • How to manage parental leave requests
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        • How to manage time off for dependants
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        • How to help tackle a gender pay gap
      • How to manage staff suffering from domestic abuse
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        • How to support neurodiverse employees in the workplace
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        • How to use Positive Action
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        • How to support gender reassignment in the workplace
        • How to support employees through menopause
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        • How to handle bullying and harassment in the workplace
      • Reasonable adjustments
        • How to comply with the duty to make reasonable adjustments
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        • How to respond to substance abuse in the workplace
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        • How to furlough employees
        • How to furlough staff from 1 July
        • How to manage reopening the workplace
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        • How to encourage inclusive work-related social events
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        • How to manage bribery in the workplace
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        • How to manage mental health in the workplace
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        • How to manage a whistleblowing procedure
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        • How to manage working time and time off work
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        • How to manage workplace health and safety
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        • How to manage a restructure
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      • Managing absence
        • How to manage staff absence
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        • How to design and manage HR investigations
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        • How to conduct remote redundancies
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        • Suspending an employee on medical grounds
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        • Identifying and responding to mental health
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        • Putting in place first aid provision
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        • Creating an absence management policy
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        • Checklist for the process of a trade union taking industrial action
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        • • Checklist for the process of a trade union applying to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for statutory recognition
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      • November 2019: Managing annual leave in a company
      • October 2019: Employing and managing an apprentice
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      • August 2019: Inductions and onboarding
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      • April 2019: How to make flexible working work
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      • February 2019: Brexit: one month to go
      • January 2019: What to expect in 2019
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      • December 2018: Redundancy - ensuring a fair procedure
      • November 2018: Managing mental health in the workplace
      • October 2018: How to manage sickness absence
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