Employment Law in Context
Over the past twenty years
employment law has had a growing significance for both human resource practitioners and
general managers. It influences and may constrain the action that managers want to take.
The aim of this textbook is to help those who have, or will have, responsibilities for
employee relations and human resource management to manage within the law.
This text promotes understanding of:
the application of the law to HRM
the social purposes behind the legislation
the contextual issues that affect the implementation of the law
It aims to be integrative, by demonstrating that effective problem solving and policy
making depend upon a recognition of the purposes behind the legislation and the context
within which that legislation is implemented. By addressing the concerns about the impact
of employment law, this text gives HR and general managers the confidence to analyse and
handle a greater range of problems. Throughout, the balance between knowledge of legal
provisions, on the one hand, and consideration of human resource issues, on the other, is
explored by means of exercises and case studies.
Each chapter follows a common
framework which contains the following:
Learning objectives
Context - social, economic, political and technological
Legal framework
Policies and practices, looking at the application of the law
Case studies and scenarios, which invite the reader to apply the concepts and legal
provisions
488 pages
