PACT Equality Act - training course in London

Wed 18 Jan 2012 / Training

Are you crewing up for a new series or looking for new staff?  Looking to improve the range of your contributors and find new on-screen talent?  Keen to keep within the law?  This is a FREE course to PACT members, get in touch with us if you want to attend.

Join Pact, Channel 4, BBC, Sky & ITV at:

The Equality Act:  Inspiring diversity, Banishing boxes

Friday 27th January 2012 at Channel 4 (9am-5pm)
124 Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 2TX

Hosted by CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell.

The Equality Act is now over 12 months old but what effect has it had on the television industry? How confident are you about whether the way you hire staff, freelancers and presenters is the right side of the law? Could you do more to attract more diverse talent to your company?

This FREE Pact/pan-broadcaster event aims to answer a range of important questions about how  the legislation could affect you and the editorial decisions you make, and how better diversity could improve your business. Pact is bringing together employment law experts, commissioners and programme makers to discuss and debate the impact and implications for our industry.

A free legal surgery with law firm Lewis Silkin will be on hand all day for any specific issues you are concerned about within your business.

The FREE EVENT will cover:

• What are the key legal obligations?
• What lessons can be learnt from recent legal cases?
• How can you guarantee that you are implementing the Act on-screen and off?
• What can television do to create equal opportunities for all?
• How can programme-makers create commercial advantage by engaging more diverse audiences?