Employment Law 2006-2007

by Benny, Richard; Sargeant, Malcolm; Jefferson, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780199291007
• ISBN10: 0199291004
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-30
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

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Author Biography

Richard Benny teaches the Law of Tort, Employment Law and Discrimination Law on the LLB programmes at the University of Surrey, and Employment Law on the LLM in Employment Law. Richard is also in part-time practice in the field of Employment Law and has appeared in Employment Tribunals.
Michael Jefferson's primary teaching, supervisory, and research interests are Criminal Law and Employment Law. He is the co-ordinator of both courses on the undergraduate degrees and of Discrimination Law and Employment Law on the LLM at Sheffield University.
Before coming to Middlesex University Business School Malcolm Sargeant worked as a Research Assistant at Brunel University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Table of Cases	xi
Table of Statutes	xviii
Table of Statutory Instruments	xxii
Table of European Legislation	xxiv
Introduction	1	(143)
1 Employment status	3	(14)
2 Restraint of trade	17	(6)
3 Termination of the contract of employment	23	(9)
4 Continuity of employment	32	(16)
5 Statutory employment protection and related contractual issues	48	(11)
6 Unfair dismissal	59	(31)
7 Statutory redundancy payments and consultation procedures	90	(17)
8 Discrimination	107	(17)
9 Equal pay and family rights	124	(20)
10 Statutory rights regulating the employment relationship	144	(14)
11 Trade unions and industrial action	158	(17)
12 Collective bargaining and consultation	175	(16)
13 Data protection and human rights	191	(12)
14 Coursework	203	(12)
Index	215