Employment Rights A Reference Handbook

by Painter, Richard W.; Puttick, Keith; Holmes, Ann Sumner

• ISBN13: 9780745321257
• ISBN10: 0745321259
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-20
• Publisher: PLUTO PRESS (UK)

Summary

This new edition of the successful handbook Employment Rights is fully updated and revised to include new material on all recent employment law. Employment Rights is a well-established text and reference point on all aspects of labour law in particular those outside the legal profession. Coverage is comprehensive and includes recruitment and selection; contracts (and changes to them); wages; discrimination; unfair dismissal and redundancy; health and safety; trade union rights; and work-related benefits. This new edition has been expanded to include coverage of developments such as the Employment Act 2002, Tax Credits Act 2002, EC Employment, Social Policy, the European Convention of Human Rights; and reform of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996.

Author Biography

Richard W. Painter is Pro Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Business and Law, Staffordshire University. He has written widely on employment law.
Keith Puttick is a Solicitor and is Principal Lecturer in Law at Staffordshire University. He is a co-author of Civil Appeals.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations	viii
Table of Cases	x
Table of EC, ECHR, and International Material	xxxii
Codes of Practice	xxxv
Table of Statutory Instruments, Directions, etc.	xxxvi
Table of Statutes	xlii
Part One Introduction
Employment Rights: Past, Present and Future	3	(22)
Part Two Individual Rights
The Gateways to Employment Rights	25	(28)
Job Applications and Recruitment	53	(13)
The Contract of Employment	66	(26)
Workplace Change	92	(15)
Reductions in Work	107	(4)
Pay	111	(19)
Holidays, Working Hours and Absence from Work	130	(29)
Conflicts of Interest, Competition and Confidentiality	159	(14)
Part Three Discrimination
Equal Pay	173	(27)
Race and Sex Discrimination	200	(39)
Other Forms of Discrimination	239	(14)
Part Four Job Loss
Terminating the Contract	253	(22)
Unfair Dismissal	275	(46)
Redundancy and Rights on Insolvency	321	(40)
Part Five Health and Safety
Health, Safety and the Work Environment	361	(20)
Part Six Collective Rights
Trade Unions and Their Members	381	(29)
Collective Bargaining	410	(27)
Industrial Conflict I: Industrial Action	437	(28)
Industrial Conflict II: Picketing	465	(12)
Part Seven Legal Action and Welfare Benefits
Tribunal and Court Claims	477	(8)
Employment-related Welfare Benefits	485	(22)
Notes and References	507	(42)
Appendices
Useful Organisations and Websites	543	(4)
Application to an Employment Tribunal	547	(2)
Index	549