Employment Law (A Very Short Introduction) by David Cabrelli – Edition 2022

Description

This book gives an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and labour laws found in many countries. It evaluates some of the assumptions underpinning contemporary attitudes to such rights and laws in order to measure whether they are warranted. It also considers economic, political, and social justifications for employment rights and laws.

• Offers an exposition of the main employment rights and labour laws found in Western countries and beyond
• Gives an overview of the context and background to those rights, including the economic, political, and social arguments and counterarguments
• Asks where labour law is going, particularly in light of the decline in the trade unions in most Western societies
• Part of the Very Short Introductions series – over ten million copies sold worldwide

Table of Contents

• 1:Employment law: Background, origins and sources
• 2:The employment relationship and the employment contract
• 3:Statutory employment rights
• 4:Equality law
• 5:Dismissals/discharges
• 6:Business reorganisations
• 7:Collective labour law 1: Trade unions

8:Collective labour law 2: Industrial action