Employment Law in Context

Description

The absolute package for students of employment law, this rigorous treatment - which includes extracts from key cases and source materials - uses a running case study to contextualize the law and actively encourages critical thinking.

• The only employment law textbook which includes a running case study, encouraging students to consider the practical applications of the law, follow, and understand the life-cycle of a company
• Significant cases are covered in depth with choice extracts from judgments and further academic materials, to allow students to engage with the policies, issues, and key debates
• Takes a thorough and detailed approach to individual employment law, with chapters on collective employment law available online, providing a full and reliable guide to the subject
• Regular in-chapter reflection points boost critical engagement with the issues and provide points for discussion
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this edition

• Coverage of the ongoing litigation in Uber BV v Aslam on whether Uber drivers are 'workers'
• Coverage of the decision of the UK Supreme Court in the 'gay cake' case of Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd (2018)
• Further guidance from the UK Supreme Court in Trustees of Swansea University Pension Scheme v Williams (2019) on the statutory concept of 'discrimination arising from disability' in section 15 of the Equality Act 2010
• Discussion of the ongoing Asda equal pay litigation in Asda Stores Ltd. v Brierley(2019)

About the Author(s)

David Cabrelli, Professor of Labour Law, University of Edinburgh

David Cabrelli joined Edinburgh Law School in June 2007, and has lectured and taught employment and labour law for over seventeen years. Prior to that, he was in legal practice for six years, specializing in employment, commercial and corporate law. David's research interests lie in the field of labour law, particularly the common law, and statutory regulation of the contract of employment. He has published papers in a number of leading academic journals in the field of labour law, and his research has been cited by the UK Supreme Court, The Hong Kong High Court, the Federal Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Sources and Institutions of Employment Law
1:Introduction to employment law
2:Sources and institutions of employment law
Part 2: The Constitution of Employment and Personal Work Contracts
3:The employment relationship and the contract of employment
4:Alternative personal work contracts and relations
Part 3: The Content of the Personal Employment Contract
5:The nature and content of the personal employment contract
6:The implied terms of the personal employment contract
7:The variation and suspension of the personal employment contract
Part 4: Statutory Employment Rights
8:Pay and working time
9:Work-life balance
Part 5: Equality Law
10:Introduction to employment equality law
11:The protected characteristics
12:Disability discrimination
13:Part-time and fixed-term work
14:Equal pay law
Part 6: Common Law and Statutory Regulation of Dismissals
15:Wrongful dismissal
16:Introduction to unfair dismissal and substantive fairness
17:Procedural fairness and remedies
18:Redundancy
Part 7: Business Reorganizations, Consultation, and Insolvency
19:Transfer of undertakings
20:Collective redundancies
Online Chapters: Collective Labour Law
Web chapter A:Information, consultation, participation, and insolvency
Web Chapter B:Introduction to trade unions, status, listing, and independence, and members' rights and protection
Web Chapter C:Recognition of trade unions, collective bargaining, and industrial democracy
Web Chapter D:Industrial action and statutory immunities

Reviews

"Offers undergraduate law students a holistic and transferrable account of employment law." - Anastasia Tataryn, University of Liverpool

Additional Resources

Digital formats and resources
The fourth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.