Employment Law Checklists 2008/09

by Palca, Julia; Taylor, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9780199547470
• ISBN10: 0199547475
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Julia Palca practises all aspects of employment law, but concentrates on wrongful and unfair dismissal and discrimination issues as well as industrial relations issues. She is respected in employment and media law circles, where she acts for media, broadcasters and financial companies, and for senior executives. Julia also specialises in partnership law, representing individual partners and partnerships. She is a member of Olswang's Partnerships and Professional Practices Group.
Julia is a part time Employment Tribunal Chairman, and is joint author of Employment Law Checklists (3rd Edition, OUP, 2004), Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave, (ed.) Paul Goulding, (OUP, 2007) and of Blackstone's Employment Law Practice, (ed.) John Bowers, (3rd Edition, OUP, 2008). Julia is a trustee of Macmillan Cancer Support and special advisor to the Prison Reform Trust.
Catherine Taylor works on both contentious and non-contentious employment issues and has specific expertise in High Court litigation (especially bonus and employee competition disputes) European issues, and Data Protection.
Catherine is joint author of Employment Law Checklists (3rd Edition, published by OUP 2004), Employee Competition: Covenants, Confidentiality, and Garden Leave, (ed.) Paul Goulding, (OUP, 2007) and of Blackstone's Employment Law Practice, (ed.) John Bowers, (3rd Edition, OUP, 2008).

Table of Contents

The Contract of Employment

Equal Pay and Discrimination

Rights on Maternity and Adoption

Family Friendly Rights

Industrial Action

Union Recognition

Dismissal

Redundancy

Transfer of Undertakings

Data Protection and Privacy Issues

Statutory Dispute Provisions

Future Employment Law Changes

Tables of Recent Tribunal Awards

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