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Offering comprehensive coverage of all the key aspects of individual and collective employment law in a clear and accessible way, Employment Law is the ideal text for the first-time student of employment law. Packed with a wealth of case law and legislation, this book will enable you to fully understand the intricacies of this fast-changing subject with ease. With features such as chapter summaries and further reading suggestions, Employment Law is well suited to support you in your studies.

Employment Law

• Contents


• Preface


• Guided tour


• Abbreviations


• Table of cases


• Table of statutes


• Table of statutory instruments


• Table of European legislation


• Publisher?s acknowledgements


• 1 The study of employment law


• 1.1 Introduction


• 1.2 Primary and secondary legislation


• 1.3 The EU Treaties and legislation


• 1.4 The courts


• 1.4.1 Employment tribunals and the EAT


• 1.4.2 Case reports


• 1.5 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service


• 1.6 Central Arbitration Committee


• 1.7 Certification Officer


• 1.8 Information Commissioner


• 1.9 Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)


• 1.10 Other useful websites


• Chapter summary


• Further reading


• 2 The employment relationship


• 2.1 Introduction


• 2.2 Parties to the contract ? employers


• 2.2.1 Employers? associations


• 2.2.2 Identifying the employer


• 2.2.3 Employers as employees


• 2.2.4 Associated, superior and principal employers


• 2.3 Parties to the contract ? employees


• 2.3.1 Dependent labour


• 2.3.2 The distinction between the employed and the self-employed


• 2.4 Identifying the employee


• 2.4.1 The control test


• 2.4.2 The integration test


• 2.4.3 The economic reality test


• 2.4.4 The multiple factor test


• 2.4.5 Mutuality of obligation


• 2.5 Question of fact or law


• 2.6 The intentions of the parties


• 2.7 Employee shareholders


• 2.8 Continuity of employment


• 2.8.1 Continuity and sex discrimination


• 2.8.2 Continuity and the start date


• 2.8.3 Continuity and absences from work


• 2.8.4 Continuity and industrial dispute