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18 November 2008
Law Society Publishing
9781853286742
Paperback
234 x 156 mm
480 pages
Employment Law Handbook
4th edition
Overview
The fourth edition of this invaluable handbook provides a comprehensively updated overview of employment law. It is the ideal first source of reference for swift answers to employment law queries.
Fully revised, the Employment Law Handbook takes into account key developments including:
- the 2006 Age Discrimination Regulations and case law
- the enforcement of the remaining provisions introduced by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- new case law and forthcoming changes to dispute resolution procedures
- case law relating to equal pay
- the impact of new maternity and paternity rights
- new rights of consultation before redundancy.
A Postscript takes account of developments to October 2008.
The book is accompanied by a dedicated website with updated links to valuable web-based resources such as relevant statutory and case material: www.emplaw.co.uk/lshandbook
Written by experts in the field, this book is authoritative yet clear and reader-friendly. Both specialist and general practitioners will find it to be an essential resource.
Contents
1. Background and overview;
2. Categories of worker;
3. Contracts of employment;
4. Problems during employment;
5. Small employers;
6. Trade unions;
7. The Working Time Regulations and attendance at work;
8. Health and safety at work;
9. Miscellaneous matters;
10. Termination of employment;
11. Unfair dismissal;
12. Redundancy;
13. Transfer of undertakings;
14. Sex and race discrimination;
15. Disability discrimination;
16. Other categories of discrimination;
17. Equal pay and terms of employment;
18. Wrongful dismissal;
19. Remedies and compensation;
20. Time limits, procedure and settlement;
Appendices.
About the Authors
Henry Scrope was with Clifford-Turner & Co (now Clifford Chance) and Freshfields before becoming an in-house lawyer for a private international group of companies in the City of London. Since 1993 he has run DiscLaw Publishing and www.emplaw.co.uk (which is consistently in the top ten websites in the Legal Web Top 20).
Daniel Barnett is a barrister at 1 Temple Gardens specialising in employment law and associated commercial disputes, and is listed as a 'leading junior' in the Legal 500. He is the author of Managing Dismissals, editor of ELA Briefing, editorial advisor to Employment Law Journal, and has recently been appointed employment law advisor to ACAS.