Employment Law in Practice

by Inns of Court School of Law

• ISBN13: 9780199284887
• ISBN10: 0199284881
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

This manual addresses the difficulties in attempting to bring or defend proceedings in an employment tribunal. It provides a basic background of the relevant legal principles and the procedural requirements and explains how these can be used in practice to meet clients' needs.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Preface	xi
Table of cases	xii
Table of statutes	xix
Abbreviations	1	(2)
Abbreviations	1	(2)
Sources for further study and preparation of cases	3	(3)
This Manual	3	(1)
Primary sources	3	(1)
Practitioner works	4	(1)
Texts	5	(1)
Periodicals	5	(1)
The sources of employment law	6	(11)
Introduction	6	(1)
The common law	6	(1)
UK legislation	7	(2)
European Community law	9	(5)
Human Rights Act 1998	14	(1)
Principles of interpretation	15	(1)
Conclusion	16	(1)
Employment tribunal procedure	17	(52)
Bringing a claim	17	(2)
Time-limit for bringing a claim	19	(5)
Responding to the claim	24	(2)
Default judgments	26	(1)
Case management	27	(8)
Case management discussions	35	(1)
Pre-hearing reviews	35	(4)
Deposits	39	(1)
Conciliation	39	(2)
Withdrawal of proceedings	41	(1)
The hearing	41	(7)
Orders, judgments and reasons	48	(2)
Enforcement of monetary awards	50	(1)
Power to review judgments and decisions	50	(3)
Calculation of time-limits	53	(1)
Service of documents	53	(1)
Costs orders and orders for expenses	54	(6)
Restricted reporting orders	60	(1)
Appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal	60	(5)
Settling employment tribunal cases	65	(3)
Weblinks	68	(1)
The contract of employment	69	(35)
Introduction: the nature of the contract of employment	69	(6)
Terms of the contract of employment	75	(13)
Variation of terms	88	(2)
National minimum wage	90	(1)
Hours and holidays	90	(1)
Restrictive covenants	91	(3)
Remedies for breach of the contract of employment	94	(6)
Other common law responsibilities	100	(2)
Specimen statutory written statement of terms of employment	102	(2)
Unfair dismissal and redundancy	104	(39)
An overview: the background to unfair dismissal and redundancy	104	(2)
Unfair dismissal	106	(2)
Acquiring employment rights: continuity of employment	108	(5)
Unfair dismissal	113	(4)
Effective date of termination	117	(2)
The reason for the dismissal	119	(1)
Reasonableness of dismissal	120	(1)
The statutory dismissal and grievance procedures	121	(3)
The `potentially fair' reasons in detail and the application of reasonableness	124	(5)
Automatically unfair reasons for dismissal	129	(4)
Unfair dismissal flowchart	133	(1)
Redundancy not involving unfair dismissal (ERA 1996, Pt XI)	134	(7)
Interaction of unfair dismissal and redundancy	141	(2)
Remedies for unfair dismissal and redundancy	143	(23)
Remedies for unfair dismissal	143	(1)
Basic award	144	(1)
Reductions in the basic award	144	(1)
Compensatory award	145	(5)
Adjustments to the compensatory award	150	(7)
Interest	157	(1)
Additional award	158	(1)
Redundancy payments	158	(1)
Overlapping claims: a review	159	(2)
Exercises	161	(3)
Problems	164	(2)
Discrimination in employment	166	(34)
Unlawful discrimination	166	(16)
Proof in discrimination cases	182	(4)
Remedies	186	(6)
Discrimination on grounds of disability	192	(6)
Part-time workers and fixed-term employees	198	(1)
Discrimination flowchart	198	(2)
Family friendly provisions	200	(9)
Paid time off for antenatal care	200	(1)
Maternity leave and the right to return to work	200	(3)
Adoption leave	203	(1)
Paternity leave	203	(1)
Parental leave	204	(1)
Statutory maternity pay	204	(1)
Statutory adoption pay	205	(1)
Statutory paternity pay	205	(1)
Maternity allowance	205	(1)
Dependant's leave	205	(1)
Flexible working	205	(2)
Parental rights flowchart	207	(2)
Equal pay	209	(14)
Introduction	209	(2)
Method of operation	211	(7)
Defences to an equal pay claim	218	(3)
Remedies in equal pay proceedings	221	(2)
The conduct of a case: employment tribunal precedents	223	(70)
Introduction	223	(1)
The basic forms: the claim form and response form	224	(21)
Mr Red's case: (1) written reasons for dismissal; (2) breach of contract	245	(8)
Ms Orange's case: unfair dismissal/redundancy payment	253	(6)
Mr Yellow's case: constructive unfair dismissal	259	(6)
Mr Green's case: unfair dismissal/transfer of an undertaking	265	(6)
Mr Blue's case: unlawful race discrimination: direct discrimination (claims of harassment and victimisation)	271	(6)
Ms Indigo's case: (1) written reasons for dismissal; (2) (automatically) unfair dismissal by reason of pregnancy; (3) unlawful sex discrimination	277	(4)
Ms Violet's case: indirect sex discrimination: job claimant	281	(12)
Index	293