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People Matters | Equalities within Boards

Equality, diversity and inclusion are essential to ensuring the culture sector is the very best it can be.

In this sector insight, employment law specialist Barry Nichol will explore how to ensure that EDI policies carry through to board level.

What will you learn? 

Topics covered include:

  • Legal obligations surrounding Equalities and Boards
  • Strategies for ensuring Boards are representative and inclusive including how to recruit
  • Strategies for ensuring Board governance is fair and equitable
Who is it for? 

This will be useful to anyone who is involved in governance at their organisation, who would like to ensure their Board is as inclusive and equitable as possible.

Meet the trainer

Barry Nichol

Director, Anderson Strathearn LLP

Barry qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland in 1999 and in Scotland in 2000. In 2011 he was accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Employment Law. Working with employers ranging from owner-managed businesses to PLCs, Barry has a particular interest in the education sector, advising a number of universities and independent schools.

Barry deals with all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious, including disciplinary and grievance matters, redundancies and business transfers, maternity and paternity rights, and discrimination and equality issues. He regularly provides bespoke training and workshops on employment law issues and, more recently, on social media and the employment relationship, employment tribunals and disability discrimination. Barry regularly represents clients – both employees and employers – at employment tribunals addressing unfair dismissal, discrimination, working time and employment status.

Details

Date: Wednesday 6 November 2024
Time: 12pm-1pm
Cost:
FREE for C&BS members,
£35 + VAT for non-members
Category: Sector Insights

Trainer

Barry Nichol

Venue

Online

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