Labour Law

by Upex, Robert; Benny, Richard; Hardy, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780199289370
• ISBN10: 0199289379
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The second and updated edition of this core text covers the key elements in labour and employment law courses and is suitable at LLB level. Although the subject is so vast, it covers the main elements of labour law and presents these clearly and concisely.

Author Biography

Robert Upex is Professor of Law and Head of Department of Law at the University of Surrey.
Richard Benny is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Surrey Stephen Hardy is Senior Lecturer in Law at Manchester University.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Table of statutes	xi
Table of secondary legislation	xxi
Table of European legislation	xxvii
Table of cases	xxix
Introducing Labour Law	1	(24)
Definitions	2	(1)
Institutions	3	(15)
Ideologies	18	(2)
Sources of labour law	20	(1)
Key legislation	20	(5)
The European Dimension	25	(20)
Origins of the EU dimension	26	(7)
EU social policy -- its development	33	(1)
The social partners	33	(3)
EU labour law -- its content	36	(1)
The UK and the impact of EU labour law	37	(1)
Using EU labour law	38	(4)
Francovich actions and State liability	42	(1)
The influence and impact of EU law on labour law	43	(2)
Contract of Employment	45	(106)
Parties to the contract	45	(18)
Sources of contractual obligations	63	(7)
Express terms	70	(23)
Implied terms	93	(27)
Mutual trust and confidence	120	(5)
Variation of contract	125	(20)
Illegal contracts of employment	145	(6)
Discrimination and Equal Pay	151	(56)
Introduction -- the prohibited grounds of discrimination	151	(2)
Sex and race discrimination	153	(15)
Disability discrimination	168	(11)
Transsexualism	179	(2)
Sexual orientation; religion or belief; age	181	(9)
Equal pay	190	(17)
Work/Life Balance	207	(22)
Work/life balance and `family-friendly' policies	207	(2)
Parental leave	209	(3)
Maternity rights	212	(4)
Paternity leave	216	(3)
Adoption leave	219	(1)
Flexible working	220	(2)
Time off to care for dependants	222	(2)
Part-Time Workers Directive	224	(5)
Termination of Employment	229	(26)
Introduction	229	(1)
What amounts to a dismissal?	230	(13)
Wrongful dismissal	243	(12)
Unfair Dismissal	255	(64)
Qualifications	257	(11)
Dismissal	268	(1)
The statutory dispute resolution procedures	269	(5)
Reason for dismissal	274	(6)
Procedure leading to dismissal	280	(15)
Automatically unfair dismissals	295	(16)
Special cases	311	(3)
Remedies	314	(5)
Redundancy	319	(18)
Redundancy	319	(2)
The definition of redundancy	321	(4)
Redundancy consultation	325	(2)
Mass redundancies	327	(1)
Claim for redundancy payment	327	(7)
Right of employee to time off	334	(3)
Transfers of Undertakings	337	(22)
Introduction	337	(1)
Directive 2001/23/EC	338	(7)
The Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2006 (TUPE)	345	(10)
TUPE and consultation	355	(4)
Trade Unions and their Members	359	(16)
Employment Relations Act 2004	359	(2)
Defining a trade union	361	(1)
Trade unions and legal status	362	(4)
Internal union governance	366	(2)
Union elections	368	(1)
Discipline	369	(2)
The right to join a trade union	371	(4)
Collective Bargaining	375	(22)
Trade union membership, rights and activities	376	(3)
Collective bargaining and agreements	379	(3)
Trade union recognition	382	(1)
Voluntary recognition	382	(1)
Statutory recognition	383	(5)
Changes affecting the bargaining unit	388	(1)
Derecognition?	389	(1)
Recognition rights	390	(2)
Central Arbitration Committee (CAC)	392	(1)
Remedies for non-cooperation in collective bargaining	393	(1)
Information and consultation	394	(3)
Industrial Action	397	(16)
Industrial action	397	(2)
Forms of industrial action	399	(1)
Legality of industrial action	399	(1)
The economic torts	399	(2)
Trade dispute immunity	401	(3)
Secondary action	404	(1)
Strike ballots	404	(2)
Picketing	406	(2)
Secondary pickets	408	(1)
Remedies	409	(4)
Human Rights	413	(10)
Human rights at work	413	(2)
The Human Rights Act	415	(5)
Social Charter	420	(3)
Index	423