A practical approach to employment law /
John Bowers.
- 7th ed.
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
- xcv, 681 p. ; 25 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Bowers on employment law. 6th ed. 2002. Includes index.
History -- The status of employee -- The individual contract of employment and its sources -- Rights and obligations of employer and employee -- Statutory regulation of wages and hours -- The duty of fidelity and restraint of trade clauses -- Equal pay -- Discrimination -- Maternity, parental and domestic care rights, and flexible working -- Continuity of employment -- The scope of statutory protection : unfair dismissal and redundancy -- Termination of contract and wrongful dismissal -- Unfair dismissal -- Redundancy payments -- Redundancy consultation -- Transfers of undertakings -- Trade unions -- The union and its members -- Collective bargaining and trade union recognition -- Protection of trade union and cognate activities -- Strikes and other industrial action -- Picketing -- The Human Rights Act.