Making sense of recruitment

11th October 2016

Companies looking for advice on recruitment can take advantage of a half day conference by employment law specialists at Wake Smith Solicitors.

Directors Mark Serby and Holly Dobson from Wake Smith will be joined by Joanne Wurpillot from Integra HR at the event on Friday October 21 at the Copthorne Hotel, Bramall Lane in Sheffield. The conference will review the legal aspects of employees joining and leaving a company, discrimination laws, tips for the recruitment of staff and how to know read candidates properly. Mark Serby and Holly Dobson, both highlighted in the recent Legal 500 rankings for expertise, bring their combined 50 plus years of experience in employment law to delegates offering advice on discrimination, hiring and firing, tribunals and disciplinary panels. While HR consultancy business owner Joanne Wurpillot, an accredited member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and certified Wiley DiSC coach, has first-hand experience of the challenges business owners and managers face from working in recruitment and HR functions in SMEs and large international organisations. Mark Serby from Wake Smith said: -The conference will be of relevance to HR and health & safety professionals, finance directors, business owners and any other professionals who need to be familiar with employment legislation and applying it. The event, which costs £30 per delegate, starts at 9am and finishes with a buffet lunch at 12.00pm. To reserve a place contact Bridie Mulgrew at Wake Smith Solicitors on 0114 266 6660 or email bridie.mulgrew@wake-smith.com.

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