Details
- Thoroughly edited over the editions to maintain its concise and student-friendly format, this book continues to offer a fresh look at this fast-paced area and to meet the demands of modern employment law courses
- Examines current employment law topics in context, providing thorough coverage of the law as it stands while offering insightful analysis of the debates and controversies which shape legal development in this area
- Features chapter overviews, case references, and brief extracts from significant judgements and legislation to support your learning and assist with further research and essay preparation
- Draws on the extensive teaching and practice experience of the authors to deliver a text which is informed by real-life practicalities yet offers student-friendly explanations
- Offers broad content coverage, including individual and collective labour law issues, with full references to cases and articles, making it the ideal text to support a wide range of courses
New to this edition
- Includes fully up-to-date references to the Equality Act 2010 and offers integrated analysis its effect on employment and discrimination law
- Reflects important changes in employment status, including how to deal with 'sham' contracts of employment and the government's proposals for 'employee shareholder' status.
- Increased emphasis on mechanisms for changing contractual terms, an important topic in difficult economic times
- Takes account of the considerable recent case law on major matters such as implied terms of employment, confidentiality and whistleblowing
- Includes discussion of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill 2012-2013
- Features enhanced analysis of case law on age discrimination and religion or belief discrimination
- A revised Work-Life Balance chapter includes details of recent paternity leave provisions and government plans for parental rights
Reliably updated by Ian Smith and Aaron Baker, this popular textbook maintains its reputation for balancing authority with accessibility. Providing comprehensive coverage of all the key employment law topics this new edition continues to offer unrivalled support for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.
Recently revised and restructured, Smith & Wood's Employment Law draws on the extensive teaching and practical experience of its authors to provide students with a clear explanation of essential legislation and case detail while also offering incisive academic commentary and critical detail to help with essay preparation and class work.
Throughout the book topics are carefully explained in their social and historical context, providing readers with an insight into the fast-paced development of employment law and offering perceptive analysis of its future direction. In particular, the effect of the Equality Act 2010 and the development of discrimination law are considered in detail.
This book is also accompanied by an Online Resource Centre which includes further reading suggestions and useful weblinks to support independent study plus self-test questions with instant feedback to help consolidate your learning and prepare for exams.
Readership: Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying employment/labour law as part of the LLB, LLM or related degree programmes. This text may also be of interest to business law and HR management students or professionals.
1: Introduction
2: Contracts of employment (1): status, formation, continuity and change
3: Contracts of employment (2): content and wages
4: The work-life balance rights
5: Discrimination in employment
6: Contracts of employment (3): discharge at common law
7: Unfair dismissal
8: Redundancy, reorganization and transfers of undertakings
9: Collective labour law
10: Industrial action
Ian Smith, Barrister and Emeritus Professor of Employment Law, University of East Anglia, and Aaron Baker, Reader in Law, Durham University
Ian Smith is a Barrister and former Clifford Chance Professor of Employment Law at the University of East Anglia. He is also an editor of the practitioner text, Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law.
Aaron Baker is Reader in Law at Durham University and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health. Aaron also has experience practising in employment law.
Review(s) from previous edition
"This textbook is an employment law institution. Familiar to generations, it still delivers the wide range of content that will satisfy changing curriculum needs. Chapters have been reshaped and focused so as to maintain coherence in a fast moving subject and to keep it to a manageable length while maintaining its value as a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the law. - Ann Blair, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds
"This is a very well-organised book which provides comprehensive analysis of the subject. The style is clear but thorough and offers a good balance between depth and accessibility. " - Mark Bell, Professor and Head of the School of Law, University of Leicester
