Full Description
This work has been structured to meet the requirements of the lawyer who needs to find practical solutions to practical problems. It provides a clear guide to all aspects of individual and collective labour law as it actually works today. This sixth edition brings the book up to date (including the Employment Bill passed in June 2002) and relevant case law. It also features an analysis of the Human Rights Act in the employment sphere.
Contents
1. History; 2. The Status of Employee; 3. The Individual Contract of Employment and its Sources; 4. Rights and Obligations of Employer and Employee; 5. Statutory Regulation of Wages and Hours; 6. The Duty of Fidelity and Restraint of Trade Clauses; 7. Equal Pay; 8. Discrimination; 9. Maternity, Parental and Domestic Care Rights, and Flexible Working; 10. Continuity of Employment; 11. The Scope of Statutory Protection: Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy; 12. Termination of Contract and Wrongful Dismissal; 13. Unfair Dismissal; 14. Redundancy Payments; 15. Redundancy Consultation; 16. Transfer of Undertakings; 17. Trade Unions; 18. The Union and its Members; 19. Collective Bargaining and Trade Union Recognition; 20. Protection of Trade Union and Cognate Activities; 21. Strikes and Other Industrial Action; 22. Picketing; 23. The Human Rights Act
