ABSTRACT

Modern Employment Law covers all aspects relating to the employment relationship between employer and employee at both individual and collective levels. All chapters are absorbing and exact, with nuanced topics such as unfair dismissal, discrimination and trade union law being explored from several different angles. Pedagogical features such as Thinking points and Further reading sections enable students to consolidate and extend their knowledge.

Though primarily aimed at LLB students, this book offers a wide-ranging, accurate, authoritative, contemporary and readable guide to modern employment law for all students of the subject, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Although a collaborative effort, each author focused on specific areas of employment law. Ann Lyon examined the statutory rights of employees including topics such as redundancy, unfair dismissal and discrimination and equal pay issues. Charles Barrow had primary responsibility for the introduction, the majority of the contract of employment chapters and the collective aspects of employment law.

chapter 2|16 pages

The contract of employment

chapter 4|20 pages

Termination of the contract of employment

chapter 5|18 pages

Transfer of undertakings

chapter 6|7 pages

Part-time and fixed-term employees

chapter 7|12 pages

Unfair dismissal 1

chapter 8|23 pages

Unfair dismissal 2

chapter 9|22 pages

Unfair dismissal 3

chapter 10|13 pages

Redundancy

chapter 11|45 pages

Discrimination

chapter 12|31 pages

Disability discrimination

chapter 15|17 pages

Discrimination on the grounds of age

chapter 16|13 pages

Leave for family and dependants

chapter 17|23 pages

Equal pay

chapter 18|36 pages

Internal trade union law

chapter 20|37 pages

Industrial action