Employment Law for Business Students (UK edition)

Cover......Page 1
Employment Law......Page 2
Brief contents......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 16
Guided tour......Page 17
Acknowledgements......Page 19
List of abbreviations......Page 20
Table of cases......Page 22
Table of statutes......Page 33
Table of statutory instruments......Page 36
Table of European Directives and other materials......Page 39
Courts and tribunals, sources and institutions of employment law......Page 42
Courts and Tribunals......Page 43
Employment Tribunal (ET)......Page 47
Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)......Page 48
Sources of Employment Law......Page 49
How to Read Employment Law Reports and Statutes......Page 51
Other Sources of Information......Page 63
Institutions of Employment Law......Page 66
Summary Checklist......Page 74
Self-Test Questions......Page 75
Further reading......Page 76
Discrimination in employment......Page 77
Anti-Discrimination Law......Page 78
What is "Discrimination"?......Page 79
Sex Discrimination......Page 82
Racial Discrimination......Page 88
Victimisation......Page 93
What if an Employer Does not intend to Discriminate?......Page 94
Stages at which Discrimination may take place......Page 95
Does an Employer have any defence to a Discrimination claim?......Page 97
Genuine Occupational Qualifications......Page 98
Other Discriminatory Acts......Page 102
Are Employers Liable for the Discriminatory Actions of Their Employees?......Page 104
European Sex Discrimination Law......Page 105
Discrimination on the Grounds of Pregnancy......Page 106
The EOC's and CRE's Codes of Practice......Page 107
Sexual and Racial Harassment......Page 108
Discrimination on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation - The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003......Page 110
The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006......Page 116
Disability Discrimination......Page 117
Discrimination on the Grounds of Age, Political Persuasion or Religion......Page 127
Discrimination on the Grounds of Trade-Union Involvement......Page 134
The Rehabilitation of Offenders......Page 135
Making a Discrimination Claim to the Employment Tribunal......Page 136
What Next for Discrimination Law? Future Reform......Page 139
Summary Checklist......Page 140
Self-Test Questions......Page 141
Further reading......Page 142
What is the Contract of Employment?......Page 144
The Distinction Between an Employee and an Independent Contractor......Page 145
Tests Used to Determine the Status of the Worker......Page 148
Special Categories of Worker......Page 159
Contents of the Contract - Incorporation, Express Terms, Implied Terms and Terms Implied by Statute......Page 160
The Right to a Written Statement Outlining the Terms and Conditions of Employment......Page 173
Restraint of Trade Clauses......Page 176
Qualifying for Employment Rights - Continuity of Employment......Page 183
Working on a Sunday......Page 184
Flexible Working Arrangements......Page 186
Summary Checklist......Page 188
Case Scenarios......Page 189
Further reading......Page 190
Equal pay, maternity and other individual employment rights......Page 191
Equal Pay......Page 192
Equal Pay Act 1970......Page 193
EOC Code of Practice on Equal Pay (2003)......Page 202
Making an Equal Pay Claim to the Employment Tribunal......Page 203
Maternity Rights......Page 205
Statutory Maternity Rights......Page 207
The Right to Return to Work after Ordinary Maternity leave or Additional Maternity Leave......Page 211
Paternity and Parental Leave......Page 212
Other Individual Employment Rights......Page 215
Data Protection......Page 222
Summary Checklist......Page 224
Case Scenarios......Page 226
Further reading......Page 228
The use of disciplinary and grievance procedures......Page 229
Why use disciplinary and grievance procedures?......Page 230
The ACAS Code of Practice: Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (2004)......Page 231
Disciplinary Codes and Procedures......Page 232
Stages Involved In Disciplinary Proceedings, Investigations, Counselling/Informal Action, Disciplinary Meetings and Appeals......Page 237
Disciplinary Penalties, Warnings and Dismissal......Page 241
Procedural Fairness in Unfair Dismissal Cases......Page 244
Grievance Procedures......Page 245
The Statutory Right to be Accompanied at Disciplinary and Grievance Meetings......Page 248
Statutory Procedures – Employment Act 2002......Page 250
Summary Checklist......Page 253
Self-Test Questions......Page 254
Case Scenarios......Page 255
Further reading......Page 256
Termination of the employment contract......Page 257
Overview of a Wrongful Dismissal and Unfair Dismissal Claim......Page 258
Ways in which an Employment Contract Might be Terminated......Page 259
Termination of the Employment Contract at Common Law – Wrongful Dismissal......Page 266
Making a Wrongful Dismissal Claim to a Court or Employment Tribunal......Page 269
The Effective Date of Termination (EDT)......Page 270
Constructive Dismissal......Page 271
Eligibility To Make an Unfair Dismissal Claim......Page 274
Reasons why a Person may have been Dismissed......Page 277
Fairness in Relation to the Five Potentially Fair Reasons......Page 288
The ACAS Arbitration Scheme......Page 295
Making an Unfair Dismissal Claim to the Employment Tribunal......Page 296
Remedies......Page 297
Summary Checklist......Page 301
Case Scenarios......Page 304
Further reading......Page 305
Redundancy and the transfer of undertakings......Page 306
Situations That may Force an Employer to Make Employees Redundant......Page 307
The Definition of Redundancy – S 139(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996......Page 308
Was the Employee Dismissed?......Page 315
The Role of the Employer in Redundancy Situations......Page 316
‘Bumped’ Redundancies......Page 327
Redundancy Payments......Page 328
What is a transfer of an undertaking?......Page 330
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006......Page 331
Summary Checklist......Page 340
Self-Test Questions......Page 342
Case Scenarios......Page 343
Further reading......Page 344
Trade unions, collective bargaining and industrial action......Page 345
Trade Unions......Page 346
Collective Bargaining......Page 356
Industrial Action......Page 358
Summary Checklist......Page 364
Case Scenarios......Page 366
Further reading......Page 367
Health and safety at work......Page 368
Possible Actions Resulting from a Workplace Injury......Page 369
Sources of Health and Safety Law......Page 370
Employers’ Liability at Common Law......Page 371
Breach of Statutory Duty......Page 379
Defences to A Common Law or Breach of Statutory Duty Claim......Page 380
Vicarious Liability......Page 382
Independent Contractors......Page 384
Statutory Control – The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974......Page 385
General Duties Under the HSAWA 1974......Page 386
Health and Safety Regulations......Page 391
Other Regulations......Page 393
Enforcement......Page 395
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (As Amended)......Page 396
Summary Checklist......Page 400
Self-Test Questions......Page 401
Case Scenarios......Page 402
Further reading......Page 403
Settling disputes – taking a case to the Employment Tribunal......Page 404
The Role of the Employment Tribunal......Page 405
Composition – who ‘judges’ the case?......Page 406
Jurisdiction......Page 407
Funding the Case......Page 408
Time Limits – The Importance Of Sending in The ET1 in Time......Page 409
Stages In Tribunal Procedure – From The Completion of Form ET1 to The Eat......Page 411
The Claimant Makes An Application – Completion Of Form ET1......Page 413
The Employer Responds to The Application – Completion Of The Response Form ET3......Page 424
The Role of ACAS......Page 430
Interlocutory Stages – Case Management......Page 431
The Employment Tribunal’s Decision......Page 433
Appealing Against A Tribunal Decision......Page 434
Summary Checklist......Page 440
Self-Test Questions......Page 441
Further reading......Page 442
Appendix: Useful addresses......Page 443
Glossary......Page 444
Index......Page 446