Employment / Labour Law

Employment Law Checklists 2009

Edited by Julia Palca · Catherine Taylor
Oxford University Press January 2009

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780199547470
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
January 2009
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Contains a new section on statutory dispute provisions which impact on all sorts of cases
  • Covers the full range of employment issues including TUPE, unfair dismissal, and equal pay
  • Covers all recent developments in equality and discrimination legislation such as the Equality Act 2006 and the Equality and Human Rights Commission which came into force in October 2007
  • Contains tables of recent tribunal awards for disability, sex, and race discrimination

New to this edition

  • Contains a new chapter on statutory dispute provisions which impact on all types of claims ·
  • Offers coverage of all recent equality, discrimination, and family-friendly legislation

What are grounds for dismissal? When is a person redundant? What about equal pay? Employment Law Checklists provides the first point of reference for anyone whose work brings them into contact with employment law or human resources issues. The new edition of this practical and accessible guide to employment law has been fully updated to include developments in equality legislation, family friendly laws, TUPE, and statutory dispute provisions.

Combining concise, cogent analysis with an appealing and easy to use checklist format, this title provides quick answers to a wide variety of employment law problems. It sets out clearly and concisely all the points which must be considered and the procedures which must be followed before employment decisions are made. The law relating to each topic is briefly described, followed by step-by-step guidance on how to approach each issue.

The fourth edition of this title continues to present the law in a practical and user friendly format, bringing readers up to date with this fast-moving area of law.

Readership: Solicitors and barristers specialising in employment; in-house lawyers; human resources professionals; academics and reference libraries in the UK.

Table of Contents

1: The Contract of Employment
2: Equal Pay and Discrimination
3: Rights on Maternity and Adoption
4: Family Friendly Rights
5: Industrial Action
6: Union Recognition
7: Dismissal
8: Redundancy
9: Transfer of Undertakings
10: Data Protection and Privacy Issues
11: Statutory Dispute Provisions
12: Future Employment Law Changes
Tables of Recent Tribunal Awards

About the Author

Julia Palca, Partner, Olswang, and Catherine Taylor, Partner, Olswang

Reviews

"This book is a useful guide and achieves the objectives set out in the preface, It has some very useful commentry in the checklists and flowcharts." - Dr Saleem Sheikh, Solicitor, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of East London

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