Employment law is one of the fastest moving areas in the law today with statutory changes, European Directives and new cases changing the detail very rapidly. This book steers the student confidently through the complexities, providing summary points at the end of each chapter plus exercises and additional reading. This edition has been fully updated to reflect recent changes including the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the Employment Equality (Sex Discrimination) Regulations 2005.
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION - Sources and Institutions of Employment Law -
PART TWO: THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP - The Nature of the Relationship -
Terms of the Contract - Implied Duties in the Contract of Employment - PART
THREE: CONSTRAINTS ON THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP - Discrimination - Equal
Pay - Employment Protection - PART FOUR: TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT -
Termination at Common Law - Unfair Dismissal - Redundancy - PART FIVE: TRADE
UNIONS AND THE LAW OF INDUSTRIAL ACTION - Trade Unions - The Rights of Trade
Union Members - Industrial Action
DEBORAH J. LOCKTON is Deputy Head, Department of Law at De Montfort University, UK, and Editor-in-chief for Contemporary Issues in Law. She has specialised in employment law for many years, and has acted as a consultant for a variety of companies. She also conducts specialist in-house training courses for companies and is the author of several books.
