Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law

This new addition to a respected series will provide an up-to-date textbook covering a wide-range of employment and labour law issues affecting the Commonwealth Caribbean.Examining how the law operates within the legal systems of the Caribbean, this book provides a comparative analysis of employment and labour law in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, as well as taking into account the umbilical link to British jurisprudence and the persuasive precedent of other Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law will be essential reading for students enrolled on Employment Law, Discrimination and Dismissal Law courses in the Caribbean

Auteur

Natalie Corthésy is Lecturer in Law at the Faculty of Law, Univeristy of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Carla-Anne Harris-Roper is Senior Legal Officer at the Ministry of Labour, Jamaica.

Résumé
This new edition to the series will provide an up-to-date textbook covering a wide-range of employment and labour law issues which affect the Commonwealth Caribbean.Initially the book will embark on a comparative analysis of employment and labour law in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, as a reference point for distinguishing the laws of other Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions.The book will continue to examine how the law operates within the legal systems of the Caribbean, taking into account the umbilical link to British jurisprudence and the persuasive precedent of other Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the impact this has had on the growth and development of the area. Commonwealth Caribbean Employment and Labour Law will be essential reading for students enrolled on Employment Law, Discrimination and Dismissal Law courses in the Caribbean.

Contenu

Chapter 1: Historical Development; Chapter 2: Sources and Institutions of Employment and Labour Law; Chapter 3: Contracts of Employment; Chapter 4: Terms of the Employment Contract and Conditions of Employment; Chapter 5: Dismissal/Discharge at Common law; Chapter 6: Dismissal under the Auspices of Statute/ Remedies for theses dismissals; Chapter 7: Labour (Collective) law; Chapter 7: Labour (Collective) law; Chapter 9: Emerging Employment and Labour law issues in Commonwealth Caribbean; Chapter 10: Index of Commonwealth Caribbean Cases; Chapter 11: Extracts of important Caribbean Commonwealth Labour Legislation