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Find training courses in Northern Ireland
What to consider when choosing a suitable training provider and where you can find training courses in Northern Ireland.
Getting an apprentice started
How employers can go about finding apprentices, how to get them started, and find the support required.
Apprenticeships: delivering work-based training and qualifications to employees
Apprenticeships help employers provide work-based training and qualifications to employees aged 16 years old and over.
Apprenticeships qualifications explained for employers
An apprenticeship can give your employee the training and qualifications they need to meet your business needs.
Company testimonies for apprenticeships
Many Northern Ireland companies have successfully trained their apprentices through the Apprenticeships programme and their businesses have reaped the benefits.
Apprenticeships explained for employers
Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland is a demand-led, work-based programme designed around the needs of employers.
Finances and funding for Apprenticeships
An incentive payment will be available for employers whose employees successfully complete the Level 2 and Level 3 Apprenticeship programmes.
Business benefits of apprenticeships
Apprenticeships can help all types of businesses across a wide range of sectors harness fresh new talent.
National Minimum Wage: previous rates
Minimum wage rates for previous years from 1999 to the current period.
What is an equality plan?
Your equality plan allows you to integrate equality into your performance management system and corporate planning processes.
Implement an equality plan
How to develop an equality plan and how it can benefit your employees and your business.
Create staff forums
How you can use employee forums to seek ideas to streamline your operations and boost business performance.
Creating and updating workplace policies to focus on diversity and inclusion - Greiner Packaging Ltd
Maeve Turbitt, People & Culture Generalist, explains how Greiner Packaging has reviewed existing workplace policies and developed new ones focusing on equality and diversity with the help of the Equality Commission.
Get help to review your equality-related workplace policies
How to access help and advice from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland to develop and improve workplace equality policies.
Equality monitoring and review of your business
Monitoring can help you to identify equality issues or problems that affect your employees.
Advantages of workplace equality plans
Developing a workplace equality plan can bring a number of benefits to your business.
How to develop an equality plan
Practical steps to develop a workplace equality plan tailored to the specific needs of your business.
Redundancy: the options
Employer legal obligations when making employees redundant.
What is redundancy?
Explanation of redundancy and the reasons for dismissing staff on the grounds of redundancy.
Avoiding redundancies
Alternatives to compulsory redundancy.