January - Employment Law

Andover Women in Business Club held their first meeting of the year at the Amport Inn, Amport last Tuesday.

Kate King, the club’s President formally welcomed all of the members and guests, wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Lesley Knight spoke briefly of a New Year Health Boost available at Naturally Health Foods of Andover and Ruth Sparkes, Head of Marketing at Cricklade College conducted some market research, assessing the interest in the new Foundation Degrees that the College hopes to offer from September.

Pauline Culley with Club President, Kate King

Kate once again took the floor and introduced the guest speaker

Pauline Culley, Director of Human Resources at Cricklade College, Andover was invited to inform the members of the important but thorny topic of Employment Law.

Employment Law is a subject close to many members’ hearts. Pauline introduced herself with a brief personal history and tackled topics such as contracts of employment, what is legally protected, discrimination, dismissal, redundancy, disciplinary and grievance procedures, data protection and personal privacy among others.

Pauline also touched very briefly on the subject of Health & Safety and injected humour throughout the presentation by sharing some of the more extreme anecdotes from her past role in the world of banking.

The discussion was lively and interactive, with members asking Pauline questions during and after the presentation and sharing their own experiences and asking advice.

Once again the meeting was extremely well attended with members and guests wishing each other a prosperous New Year and discussing their plans for the future.