Employment law
Subtitle: the essentials
Contributors: Sargeant, Malcolm; Schwab, Ben; Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Edition: 11th ed. / David Lewis and Malcolm Sargeant with Ben Schwab.
Publisher: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781843982623
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation
Description: Covering the CIPD employment law specialist elective, this text is useful for students studying employment law as part of a HR or business degree programme. It highlights key areas of employment law from the formation of contracts of employment to the preservation of human rights.
Notes: Previous edition: published as Essentials of employment law. 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sources and institutions of employment law; Formation of the contract of employment (1): the sources of terms; Formation of the contract of employment (2): Implied terms of law; Recruitment and selection; Pay issues; Discrimination against employees (1); Discrimination (2): lawful discrimination, vicarious liability, burden of proof, enforcement and equality of terms; Parental rights; Health and safety at work; The regulation of working time; Variation, breach and termination of the contract of employment at common law; Unfair dismissal (1): exclusions and the meaning of dismissal; Unfair dismissal (2): Potentially fair reasons and the concept of reasonableness; Redundancy; Unfair dismissal and redundancy claims; Continuity of employment and transfers of undertakings; Information and consultation; Trade unions.