Employment Law
provides a comprehensive and
accessible analysis of employment law for students. It includes an up-to-date examination
of measures resulting from the Employment Relations Act 1999 and includes the most recent
legislation on working time, the national minimum wage and part-time workers. Throughout
the book the role of EU law in shaping employment protection in the United Kingdom is
emphasised. An early chapter in the book is devoted to EU and European labour law and its
effect on the laws of the Member States of the Community.
The book begins with a useful
chapter on the institutions, such as ACAS, the EOC and the CRE, which play an important
role in the development of employment rights. This chapter includes an extensive list of
web sites which will provide extra resources for the student of the subject. Employment
Law then progresses from an examination of the employment relationship and contracts of
employment to chapters on discrimination, time and pay, human rights and data protection,
parental and maternity rights and business restructuring. There are also chapters looking
at collective relationships, including the statutory right of trade unions to be
recognised.
Employment Law is suitable
for recommendation on LLB options, the External (London) LLB, combined law studies and
other degree level courses. It is also appropriate for students following other degree
courses such as business studies, human resources management and courses which include an
employment law option.
Malcolm Sargeant is a Senior
Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University Business School. He has authored and contributed
to a number of books, journals and other publications on employment law subjects for both
students and practitioners. He has experience of teaching students at undergraduate,
postgraduate and vocational level and has considerable experience in HR management and
commerce. His doctoral research was in an area of EC employment law.
464 pages