Series Editors: Jacqueline Martin LLM has ten years' experience as a practising barrister and has taught law at all levels. Chris Turner LLM is a qualified barrister and Senior Lecturer in Law at Wolverhampton University. Martin and Turner are also series editors of the Key Facts and Key Cases series, published by Hodder Education.

Zusammenfassung
A new volume in the successful Unlocking the Law series on this fascinating and dynamic area of law, containing the essential recent developments, including the Equality Act 2010. Each chapter opens with aims and objectives and contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts, diagrams to aid learning and numerous headings and sub-headings to make the subject manageable. Features include summaries to check your understanding of each chapter, a glossary of legal terminology, essay questions with answer plans and exam questions with guidance on answering. All titles in the series follow the same formula and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications as well as popular option units.Resources supporting this book are available online at www.unlockingthelaw.co.uk.

Inhalt

1. The historical background to UK employment law
2. The effect of EU membership on UK employment law
3. Employment status
4. The contract of employment
5. Implied terms
6. Statutory employment protections
7. Protection from discrimination (1) equal pay
8. Protection from discrimination (2) sex discrimination
9. Protection from discrimination (3) racial discrimination:
10. Protection from discrimination (4) disability discrimination:
11. Protection from discrimination (5) recent developments in discrimination law
12. Protection from discrimination (6) pursuing discrimination claims
13. Health and safety law
14. Grievances and discipline
15. TUPE transfers
16. Termination of employment (1) continuity, notice and dismissal:
17. Termination of employment (2) termination other than by dismissal
18. Termination of employment (3) wrongful dismissal
19. Termination of employment (4) unfair dismissal:
20. Termination of employment (5) redundancy:
21. Contractual duties of ex-employees
22. Institutions and procedure
23. Employment rights related to Trade Union membership