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Written with human resources and business students in mind, and suitable for those on CIPD courses, Taylor and Emir provide a complete and practical introduction to legal issues in the workplace. Conversational and contextual in style, the authors guide students through this technical subject area by explaining the law in uncomplicated language and using supportive examples. Activities are interspersed throughout the text, presenting readers with realistic problems, enabling them to see the law at work and consider how the legal rules might apply. Regular 'Exhibit' boxes present significant case examples and academic debates helping students digest the salient principles. A unique part on law in action introduced students to the employment tribunal procedure and walks them through how to prepare and present a case equipping them with practical skills for beyond their studies. Online Resources Further resources are provided online including self-test questions with instant feedback and lecturer access to additional case studies and questions to support your teaching.
Part I: Foundations 1: The rise of employment law 2: Sources of employment law and institutions 3: Barriers to employment rights Part II: The Contract of Employment 4: Unfair dismissal - reasons and remedies 5: Unfair dismissal - reasonableness 6: Redundancy 7: Contractual employment rights 8: Implied terms 9: Wrongful and constructive dismissal Part III: Discrimination Law 10: Introducing discrimination law 11: The Equality Act 2010: key concepts 12: Age Discrimination 13: Disability discrimination 14: Race discrimination 15: Religious discrimination 16: Sex discrimination 17: Sex - related characteristics (gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation) 18: Equal pay 19: Atypical workers Part IV: Employment Policy and Practice 20: Family-friendly statutes 21: Wages and benefits 22: Privacy and confidentiality 23: TUPE Part V: Health and Safety 24: Health and safety - the criminal law 25: Health and safety - the civil law 26: Working time Part VI: Collective Employment Law 27: Freedom of association 28: Consultation and bargaining 29: Industrial action Part VII: Employment Law in Action 30: Employment tribunal procedure 31: Preparing and presenting a case
Author(s) | By Stephen Taylor (CIPD Chief Examiner and Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, CIPD Chief Examiner and Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Exeter Business School), Astra Emir (Barrister-at-Law). |
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Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN | 9780198806752 |
Format | Paperback / softback |
Pages | 616 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 3 Apr 2019 |
Availability | Available |
Practice Area
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Company, commercial & competition
- Agency law
- Aviation law
- Commercial law
- Company law
- Company, commercial & competition law
- Competition law \ Antitrust law
- Construction & engineering law
- Contract law
- E-commerce law
- Energy & natural resources law
- Franchising law
- Outsourcing law
- Partnership law
- Procurement law
- Sale of goods law
- Shipping law
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Constitutional & administrative
- Asylum law
- Citizenship & nationality law
- Constitutional & administrative law
- Election law
- Freedom of expression law
- Freedom of information law
- Government powers
- Human rights & civil liberties law
- Immigration law
- Judicial review
- Local government law
- Military & defence law
- Parliamentary & legislative practice
- Privacy law
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Criminal law & procedure
- Criminal justice law
- Criminal law & procedures
- Criminal procedure
- Criminal procedure: law of evidence
- Fraud
- Harassment law
- Juvenile criminal law
- Offences against property
- Offences against public health, safety, order
- Offences against the government
- Offences against the person
- Police law & police procedures
- Road traffic law, motoring offences
- Sentencing & punishment
- Terrorism law
- Employment & labour
- Environment, transport & planning
- Equity & trusts
- Family
- Financial
- IT & Communications
- Intellectual property
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International
- Customary law
- Diplomatic law
- International
- International arbitration
- International communications & telecommunications law
- International courts & procedures
- International criminal law
- International economic & trade law
- International environmental law
- International human rights law
- International humanitarian law
- International law
- International law of territory & statehood
- International law of transport, communications & commerce
- International law reports
- International maritime law
- International organisations & institutions
- International space & aerospace law
- Investment treaties & disputes
- Jurisdiction & immunities
- Law of the sea
- Private international law & conflict of laws
- Public international law
- Responsibility of states & other entities
- Settlement of international disputes
- Tariffs
- Transnational commercial law
- Treaties & other sources of international law
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Jurisprudence & general
- Advocacy
- Civil codes \ Civil law
- Common law
- Comparative law
- Criminology: legal aspects
- Ecclesiastical (canon) law
- Gender & the law
- Islamic law
- Jurisprudence & general issues
- Jurisprudence & philosophy of law
- Law & society
- Law as it applies to other professions
- Legal ethics & professional conduct
- Legal history
- Legal profession: general
- Legal skills & practice
- Paralegals & paralegalism
- Roman law
- Systems of law
- Law - other
- Law: study & revision guides
- Laws of Specific jurisdictions
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Legal system
- Arbitration, mediation & alternative dispute resolution
- Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution
- Civil procedure: law of evidence
- Civil remedies
- Courts & procedure
- Damages & compensation
- Injunctions & other orders
- Judicial powers
- Legal system: costs & funding
- Legal system: general
- Legal system: law of contempt
- Regulation of legal profession
- Restitution
- Primary sources
- Private \ Civil law: general works
- Property
- Social
- Taxation & duties
- Torts & Delicts
- Wills & probate \ Succession
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