Employment Law: a Student Guide
Published on 25. October 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-414-01450-3 (ISBN)
Description
The ideal tool for all students preparing for questioning on employment law as it operates in Scotland. The guide includes text and extracts from casesals with the ever-changing nature of employment relationships and the contractual terms and main statutory provisions affecting the employment relationship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-414-01450-3 (9780414014503)
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Content
* Introduction to contract and employment law * The indicia of the contract of employment * Distinguishing "employees" from the "workers" and "independent contractors" * Types of employment * Formation of the contract of employment * The statutory written statement * Collective agreements * Express and implied incorporation of collective agreements * Trade union, arbitration and customs * Express and implied terms * Fidelity and restrictive convenants; rendering employment support, trust and confidence * Employee's safety, mobility clauses, hours of work and statutory leave * Maternity rights * Wages and their protection * Termination of the contract * Wrongful dismissal * Reasons for dismissal and pre-dismissal procedures * Remedies for unfair dismissal * Transfer of undertakings regulations * Equal pay * Discrimination - sexual and racial. Disability discrimination * European Convention on Human Rights - impact on employment law