Overview

"The ""Legal Practice Course Guides"" have been revised, expanded and updated to take account of the many changes in legislation and course structure that have happened in the last year. Each guide explains the relevant substantive and procedural law and, where appropriate, contains sample precedents, documents and checklists. The books provide a guide to the law, notes, exercises and case studies produced by each institution and the ""raw material"" found in the practitioner texts. This guide deals with the contractual and statutory issues that arise in the individual employment law setting. It covers matters of formation and operation of the contract of employment confidentiality, restraint of trade and transfer of businesses, discrimination, as well as the statutory rights of unfair dismissal and redundancy. It is designed for use on Legal Practice Courses which take either a corporate or private client bias, and offers a practical and comprehensive guide to the preventative measures that can be taken and the problems most commonly presented to a solicitor. This 1996/97 edition includes extensive material on the new Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 as well developments in recent case law and European legislation."

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Author:   James A. Holland ,  Stuart Burnett
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Blackstone Press Ltd
Edition:   4th edition
ISBN:  

9781854316196

ISBN 10:   1854316192
Pages:   346
Publication Date:   01 January 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781854317124
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Overview of employment law: the topics covered in the book; interrelationships of the optics; a skeleton outline of the topics; the institutions. Part 2 Definition of ""employee"": the tests for an employment relationship; the benefits and pitfalls of each type of relationship; types of employee; vicarious liability; how the problem may arise. Part 3 Formation of the contract: the needs of the client; types of contract; sources of terms; written statements of terms and conditions; the process of incorporation of terms; the role of trade unions in the employment relationship. Part 4 Operation of the contract: the usual terms and how they are used; qualifying for employment rights; management decisions and employees' responses; methods of resolving disputes, short of termination of contract; breech - summary of sanctions and enforcement; legal restrictions on the payment of wages; The Wages Act 1986; example of an employment contract. Part 5 Discimination and equal pay: introduction and sources; the meaning of discrimination; scope of RRA 1976; scope of SDA 1975; the circumstances in which discrimination may arise; maternity rights; remedies in relation to discrimination; equal pay; remedies in relation to equal pay; trade union membership and activities. Part 6 Protecting business secrets. Part 7 Restraint of trade. Part 8 Termination of the contract at common law. Part 9 Unfair dismissal. Part 10 Redundancy. Part 11 Takeovers and transfers of undertakings. Part 12 Industrial tribunal procedure. (Part contents)"

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