Employment Law

The Modern Law of Employment offers a wide-ranging, accurate, authoritative, contemporary and readable guide to modern employment law for students of the subject whatever their course. Although primarily focused on the undergraduate LLB market this text, with its user friendly design, will still be relevant to, amongst others, business and human resources students who are taking an employment law module as part of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or diploma.

This book provides a scholarly and thorough treatment of employment law principles. An essential element of the text will be student accessibility – by utilising a clear writing style that provides a logical and appropriate progression of ideas and legal principles understandable to the average undergraduate whilst remaining challenging to the more able student. Unlike many other textbooks it will adopt a critical and contextual emphasis - thereby promoting a greater understanding of the subject. It will also include educational features to assist comprehension – such as a summary of the content and principles examined in each chapter and questions provided at certain appropriate times throughout a chapter to encourage thoughtful reflection. An extensive bibliography will be provided at the end of each chapter and reference to relevant websites - enabling readers to access primary sources of law.

Modern Employment Law will cover all aspects relating to the employment relationship between employer and employee at the individual level and at the collective level. Although the book will address core areas common to the usual undergraduate syllabus it will also examine issues sometimes neglected by traditional mainstream textbooks – such as, at the individual level - the rules and issues surrounding the Transfer of Undertakings legislation, the Minimum Wage and Working Time provisions. Additionally, far more emphasis will be given, than is usually the case, to collective issues. Thus, rather than treating this topic as an afterthought, with one or two superficial chapters this text will include three substantial chapters dealing with internal union and union-employer relations in some detail.

This textbook will reflect the changing nature of employment law and, in particular, will provide the context for these developments, as political and social developments drive change at the domestic and European level. Apart from consistent reference to domestic case law authority and statute European legal jurisprudence will also be examined ensuring that all the relevant influences on the development of employment law are considered.

Charles Barrow BSc (Econ), LLM (LSE), Cert Ed, Barrister-at-Law.? ?He is Senior Lecturer at?Brighton Business School.

Ann Lyon BA(Hons) History, MA Medieval Studies, York, MPhil Archaeology, Durham.? She is Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Criminology and Government (Faculty of Business), University of Plymouth.