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Fair treatment, flexible lives

Flexible working, family leave, discrimination.

Level
Bitesize
Learning time
1 hour 15 minutes
Where
People Management and Employment Law
Price
£39

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About this course

Overview and Outcomes.

Overview

There are moments when work must make room for family life, and people remember how they were treated. This module maps statutory family and caring leave, explains strong protection in pregnancy and maternity, traces the right to request flexible working through the Acas Code and the Employment Rights Act 2025, and uses the illustrative case of Carys to show a request handled well, before turning to menopause, equality action plans and the duty to prevent sexual harassment. Equality law is people management, running through almost every decision a manager makes. This module covers the nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, direct and indirect discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, reasonable adjustments, harassment and victimisation, occupational requirements and vicarious liability, and the preventative duty on sexual harassment, including the changes due on 30 October 2026 that bring residents and patients into scope, with a practical harassment prevention cycle.

What you'll develop

In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:

  1. Identify the main statutory family and caring leave rights and explain the protections that apply during pregnancy and maternity.
  2. Plan and handle a flexible working request in line with the Acas Code, including consultation, the eight business reasons, trials and appeals.
  3. Assess flexible working and family-related decisions for equality risk, including for carers, disabled staff, older workers and those going through the menopause.
  4. Distinguish direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, harassment and victimisation, and explain when each can or cannot be justified.
  5. Identify when a rule applied to everyone may put a group at a particular disadvantage, and assess whether it can be justified.
What it covers

The Modules.

1 hour 15 minutes of learning.

  1. 06Family Rights, Flexible Working and LeaveThere are moments when work must make room for family life, and people remember how they were treated. This module maps statutory family and caring leave, explains strong protection in pregnancy and maternity, traces the right to request flexible working through the Acas Code and the Employment Rights Act 2025, and uses the illustrative case of Carys to show a request handled well, before turning to menopause, equality action plans and the duty to prevent sexual harassment.38 min
  2. 07Equality at Work: Discrimination and HarassmentEquality law is people management, running through almost every decision a manager makes. This module covers the nine protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, direct and indirect discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, reasonable adjustments, harassment and victimisation, occupational requirements and vicarious liability, and the preventative duty on sexual harassment, including the changes due on 30 October 2026 that bring residents and patients into scope, with a practical harassment prevention cycle.39 min
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Part of the People Management and Employment Law topic, also sold whole as Fair, firm and lawful.

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  1. You are hereBitesize, 1 hour 15 minutes, £39
  2. Next stepFocus, Fair, consistent, humane, 4 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
  3. Explore, Getting the basics right, 5 hours 30 minutes, £129. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £90.
  4. The whole topicImmerse, Fair, firm and lawful, 11 hours, £249. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £210.

When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms

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