PAY & EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS SERVICE

INFORMATION · ADVICE · TRAINING · CONSULTANCY · MEDIATION · RESEARCH

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Advice

Mediation

Contract Consultancy

Employment Rights Leaflets

Training

Homeworking Unit

Advice

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS ADVICE

The Pay & Employment Rights Service (PERS) telephone helpline is available to all voluntary and community sector groups (and employees) in West Yorkshire. Our advice line opening hours are:

Monday: 10am to 1pm
Tuesday: 10am to 4pm & 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Wednesday: 10am to 4pm
Thursday: 10am to 4pm
Friday: 10am to 1pm

01924 428030 or click here for other ways to contact us.

Mediation

Mediation

This new service aims to resolve issues in the workplace without the need to resort to more formal procedures. PERS will mediate to help the parties to come together and agree the way forward. It is suitable for situations where communication has broken down, whether between colleagues, worker and manager, or manager and trustee.

FREE For voluntary sector organisations and employees in West Yorkshire.

For more information ring 01924 428030 or email admin@pers.org.uk

Contract Consultancy

EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS & POLICY CONSULTANCY

The Pay & Employment Rights Service (PERS) has helped local businesses and organisations to ensure their employment contracts and policies are up to date. Our team of experienced advisors will check all your employment documents to ensure they comply with the most recent legislation and are practical for the needs of your business. We will provide a detailed report, suggesting any changes you should make and give advice so that you can follow ‘good practice’ in the terms and conditions you offer staff.

We specialise in the following areas of consultancy:

Employment contracts, including holidays, sickness and maternity procedures
Recruitment & selection policies
Dispute resolution procedures
Equal opportunities policies
Redundancy policies

CONSULTANCY CHARGES

Voluntary sector organisations based in,

Bradford - Free

Leeds or Wakefield - Free for the first two hours, £90 thereafter.

Other areas within West Yorkshire - May be free under our new Healthcheck service. Contact us for details.

Hourly rate (all other areas) £90.00

On average, it takes 5 hours to complete a consultancy. If you are interested in our consultancy services further and would like to discuss your needs please call and speak to one of our advisors on 01924 428030 or email us by clicking here.

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Employment Rights Leaflets

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS LEAFLETS

PERS produces and distributes a number of high quality leaflets, fact sheets and action packs. This literature is now available to download here

If you would like to order any of our employment rights material please download our leaflet order form and return it to our office. Please note: there may be a charge for leaflets, please check details on the form.

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Training

EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS TRAINING

Pay & Employment Rights Service (PERS) has an established reputation for providing ‘tailored’ and ‘off the peg’ courses to a range of audiences on aspects of the law and good practice with regard to rights and responsibilities at work.

Past courses have focused on:

Employment law and good practice for voluntary sector employers
Managing redundancy
Managing staff absence
Dispute resolution
Recruitment and selection
Developing a good employment contract

Courses scheduled for 2010 are:

Training Course	Duration	Venue	Date
Data Protection	Half Day	Fit 4 Funding, Wakefield £10 W’field VCS. For others, see chart below.	22nd Jun- Fully Booked
Statutory and Contractual Rights	Full Day	Woodroyd Centre Bradford See chart below for fee	22nd Sept
Fit Notes and Absence Management	Full Day	Equity Centre Bradford Free for Bradford vol sector organisations. For others, see chart below. (£10 admin fee for non-attendance)	29th Sept
Supervision and Performance Management	Full Day	Voluntary Action Calderdale Free to West Yorkshire vol. sector organisations. For others, see chart below. (£10 admin fee for non-attendance)	13th Oct
New Employer - the first 6 months	Full Day	Holiday Inn Wakefield Free to West Yorks vol. sector orgs. For others, see chart below. (£10 admin fee for non-attendance)	19th Oct
Redundancy	Full Day	Fit4funding Wakefield £10 W’field and District VCS. For others, see chart below.	9th Nov
Recruitment and Selection	Full Day	St George’s Centre Leeds See chart below for fee	24th Nov
Equality and Diversity	Full Day	Equity Centre Bradford Free for Bradford vol sector organisations. For others, see chart below. (£10 admin fee for non-attendance)	1st Dec
Supervision & Performance Management	Full Day	Wakefield	7th Dec

Costs are as follows,

	Voluntary Sector Wakefield and District	Voluntary Sector	Statutory Sector	Private Sector
Half Day	£10	£50	£60	£70
Full Day	£10	£70	£80	£90

For more information on our scheduled courses for 2010, or to book, please download our training programme or email us by clicking here.

Courses are generally a combination of information-giving and practical work on realistic cases and situations, including queries brought by participants themselves. All course participants are given packs of background information for future reference. Packs contain PERS’s own employment rights guidance literature and other publications such as DTI Guides and leaflets.

Trainers draw on their wide experience of the ‘letter of the law’ and on its practical application gained from dealing with hundreds of enquiries from workers to the PERS Advice Lines.

‘TAILORED TRAINING’

PERS can offer training that is tailored as precisely as possible to the needs and requirements of participants. We are always happy to discuss these in advance and to adapt existing courses for your organisation, or design a new course specifically for your needs.

We prefer to train a group of between 6 and 20 people. We do not have our own training premises and require a room and a flipchart. We welcome the provision of refreshments, especially on longer courses!

‘TAILORED’ TRAINING CHARGES

Full day (6 hours), 2 trainers: £695.00 plus expenses*

Full day (6 hours), 1 trainer: £395.00 plus expenses*

Half day (3 hours), 2 trainers: £360.00 plus expenses*

Half day (3 hours), 1 trainer: £220.00 plus expenses*

*Expenses are to cover travel costs to and from the training venue plus subsistence/meal expenses for trainers where applicable.

‘OFF THE PEG’ TRAINING

Our ‘off the peg’ training provides popular courses on a range of employment rights and management issues. These participative courses are limited to 25 people, and aim to give an overview of employment law, and how it impacts small organisations, using presentations and case studies.

If you are interested in our training courses and would like to discuss your needs please call and speak to one of our advisors on 01924 428033 or email us by clicking here.

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Homeworking Unit

SERVICES

West Yorkshire Homeworking Unit (WYHU) works with people who are either doing paid work from home or are looking for such work. Homeworkers are often isolated and face problems of low pay, lack of employment status and poor or unsafe working conditions. Our aim is to tackle these problems, particularly in ways that include homeworkers themselves. We also work to increase public awareness of the nature and extent of homeworking. We work within Dewsbury and Batley.

ADVICE

We produce a range of leaflets explaining how people can look for work to do from home, how to avoid fraudulent homeworking advertisements (scams) and covering health and safety issues. We also work with community groups to provide information and promote homeworking. Throughout the year we hold information stalls at various events to promote homeworking and provide information and advice.

TRAINING

WYHU works with community groups and other training providers to support individuals in developing skills which will enable them to work from home. The types of training that can be organised include:

How to look for work to do from home
Skills identification
Employment rights
Health and safety
Beauty Therapy
Creative Arts
Childcare
Sewing skills

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