Butterworths Employment Law Handbook, 20th edition

Butterworths Employment Law Handbook is published annually and this 20th edition is a portable, up-to-date reference source that is an essential and easy-to-use tool for all employment practitioners.

Butterworths Employment Law Handbook is an indispensable reference source of fully-updated statutory, non-statutory and European materials relating to employment law in England and Wales and Scotland. Cross-references to Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law are included, providing a convenient reference tool for use in tribunals. The Handbook, now in its twentieth edition, is published annually.

Part 1 contains over 70 statutes relating to employment law including the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, the Employment Rights Act 1996, the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, and the Equality Act 2010. It also includes the relevant provisions from statutes covering a variety of ancillary topics such as company law and insolvency, entitlement to social security benefits, data protection, patent law and pensions.

Part 2 contains more than 110 statutory instruments made under the statutes contained in Part 1. These include the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004 and all the relevant Orders and Regulations made under the Equality Act 2010.

Part 3 is European material, covering relevant Treaty provisions and EU Regulations, Directives and Recommendations.

Part 4 consists of Statutory Codes of Practice and the Statutory Guidance on the meaning of disability.

Part 5 (Miscellaneous Materials) includes international materials, Practice Directions, Practice Statements and non-statutory Codes of Practice.

New material in this Edition includes the following:-

• Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012
• Various new statutory instruments made under the Equality Act 2010 including the Equality Act 2011 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011
• Updated versions of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code and the Codes of Practice on Equal Pay and Employment
• The new Practice Statement issued by the President of the EAT in April 2012
• Relevant provisions of the Public Bodies Ac: 2011, the Localism Act 2011, the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and the Sunday Tradiing(London Olympics and Paralympics) Act 2012