Your line managers are making daily decisions about leave, discipline, performance, and termination — often without realising that each one carries legal and HR implications they're wholly unprepared for.
This programme gives non-HR managers the essential knowledge they need to manage their people confidently and compliantly — covering the employment law basics, HR processes, and people management decisions that line managers face every day. Organisations reduce HR risk, improve management consistency, and free up their HR team from managing situations that should never have escalated.
Key Outcomes
Apply key provisions of the Employment Act 1955 relevant to day-to-day people management decisions
Manage attendance, performance, and conduct issues through the correct HR channels and documentation
Conduct an effective performance appraisal and feedback conversation aligned to HR policy
Know when to escalate to HR and how to document people management actions correctly
What Makes it Different
Manager Scenario Challenge: realistic people management situations requiring legally and procedurally correct responses
HR Essentials Pocket Guide: a practical reference on leave, discipline, performance, and escalation for daily use
Covers the exact HR situations line managers encounter most — not a general overview of HR theory
Content can incorporate your organisation's specific HR policies, forms, and escalation procedures so participants learn the rules that apply to them specifically.
A high-value programme for organisations with large supervisory or management populations — delivered across manufacturing, retail, logistics, and professional services companies where line managers outnumber HR business partners.