A revised new edition of a popular and long-established textbook, updated to include the most relevant developments in employment law today. This edition sees barrister Tom Brown join Deborah Lockton on the writing team, providing insightful commercial experience into this dynamic field.
The text steers readers confidently though the complexities of this diverse subject, highlighting its practical and theoretical underpinnings. The book covers the most recent developments in one of the fastest moving areas of the law, explaining the rights of employees and responsibilities of employers.
Reinforced with summaries, exercises and extensive further reading, it helps students get to grips with the subject.
An ideal textbook for students on an LLB or GDL/CPE course taking a module on Employment Law.
New to this Edition:
- A new section on employees and workers in the gig economy and modern day slavery
- Brand new section on whistleblowing
- New 'hot topics' sections that look in greater depth at some of the most vexed legal questions of our time, provoking further discussion and research

- 513 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Employment Law
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Editor
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Table of cases
- Table of legislation
- Part I Introduction to employment law
- Part II The employment relationship
- Part III Constraints on the employment relationship
- Part IV Termination of employment
- Part V Trade unions and the law of industrial action
- Index
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