Employment law & HR training for business 

Your managers are key to delivering results through your people, but how confident are they in dealing with people management issues, particularly when things go wrong in the employment relationship? 

Ashtons HR Consulting trainers have significant experience of HR and employment issues in both the public and private sectors – we deliver engaging, interactive sessions with high levels of positive feedback from our clients.

Our training sessions are generally run in conjunction with the Employment Law team at Ashtons Legal to provide attendees with the full picture of their chosen topic.

We offer a range of programmes to meet your needs:

Full day / half day workshops

Our workshops for Operational Managers are designed to help them understand the legal background and to give them the confidence to handle people issues effectively, using the appropriate procedures and soft skills.

We offer a range of topics including the following:

Leadership / Management Development

We can offer a range of modular development programmes for new / aspiring team leaders or supervisors.


How can we help?

If you have an enquiry or you would like to find out more about our services, why not contact us?

0333 222 0989

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Supporting Mental Health at Work

06/10/2023

In today’s fast-paced and competitive world, the importance of mental health cannot be overstated. Employees’ mental wellbeing is not only a matter of......

Employment Law Update – The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act

27/07/2023

Legislation that will improve access to flexible working for employees has completed its way through parliament and has been granted Royal Assent.&nbs......

Quiet quitting – is it affecting your workforce?

20/06/2023

The term ‘the great resignation’ was coined by Anthony Klotz, an associate professor of management at UCL, in May 2021. He predicted an exodus of work......

HR Update for Managers

13/04/2023

Changes to Flexible Working – are you ready? Although not law yet, the Flexible Working Bill currently going through the House of Lords means that so......

Ashtons HR Training

26/01/2018

We offer practical and engaging in-house employment law and HR training courses for managers of staff at all levels.

When does an employer have knowledge of an employee’s disability under the Equality Act 2010?

20/02/2019

This was the question addressed by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in the recent case of Lamb v The Garrard Academy. An individual is considered disabl......

Case Study - Sickness absence management

08/12/2017

The management of sickness absence can be one of the most time-consuming aspects of people management. One of our clients had an issue with an employe......

Case Study - TUPE advice and redundancy consultation

08/12/2017

With a TUPE specialist in the Ashtons HR Consulting team, we tend to get involved in a number of these technically complex legal projects. In one re......

Case Study - Employee Investigations

08/12/2017

Sometimes a client will request our support as an independent investigator into either disciplinary or grievance issues. This can be helpful where the......