Chapter 1 Introduction
Labour law: the scope and nature of the subject
Historical development
Assessment: the prospects for labour law
Chapter 2 Sources and institutions of labour law
Introduction
Formal Sources of Labour Law
Voluntary sources
The role of courts and employment tribunals
Governmental institutions relevant to labour law
European Union law
Other international labour standards
Labour standards and private international law
Chapter 3 The employment relationship
Introduction
Contract or status?
The hiring process
Identifying dependent labour
Quasi-dependent labour
Public sector employment
Continuity of employment, qualifying thresholds, and equality of treatment for fixed-term, part-time and agency workers
Identifying the employer
Transfers of employment
Assessment
Chapter 4 Terms of employment and working conditions
Introduction
Sources of contractual terms and conditions
Written notification of terms
Construction, incorporation and variation of terms
Payment of wages and salaries
Working time
Health and safety and the working environment
Duties of obedience, co-operation and care
Duties of fidelity, confidentiality and privacy
Income security: sick pay and lay-off
Occupational pension schemes
Assessment
Chapter 5 Discipline and termination of employment
Introduction
Dismissal legislation: forms, aims and impact
Wrongful dismissal
The statutory concept of dismissal
Fairness of dismissal
Remedies for unfair dismissal
Economic dismissals
Assessment
Chapter 6 Equality in employment
Introduction
The origins, rationales and impact of equality law
Discrimination and prohibited conduct
Protected characteristics
The scope of protection against discrimination in employment
Enforcement
Positive action
Equal pay
Protection of pregnancy, maternity and family time
Disability discrimination
Assessment
Chapter 7 Collective organisation: trade unions and employers' associations
Introduction
The rationale and role of collective organisation
International standards relating to collective organisation
Legal policy relating to collective organisation
Basic definitions and concepts
The role of trade unions in contemporary industrial relations
Chapter 8 Freedom of association and the right to organise
Introduction
Protection of trade union membership and activities in relation to employers
Contract compliance and union membership
Facilities for trade union representatives and trade union activities
Union membership and deductions from workers' pay
Chapter 9 Collective representation and the law
Introduction
Collective bargaining and the law
Statutory rights of information and consultation
Employee involvement at transnational level
Co-operativa Europaea) and Companies formed by Cross-Border Mergers
Collective representation: prospects for the future
Chapter 10 Trade unions and their members
Introduction
The contract of membership
Statutory rights: an overview
Rights relating to union membership and discipline
Trade union elections
Trade union expenditure for political purposes
Assessment
Chapter 11 Industrial action
Introduction
Industrial action: role, rationale and international standards
Legal policy relating to industrial action: an overview
Liability in tort
The liability of trade unions in tort
The scope of statutory immunity
Industrial action ballots and notice to employers
Civil law remedies
Industrial action and EU law
Picketing
'Essential services' and emergency powers
Industrial action and contractual rights
Industrial action and statutory rights
Industrial action and social security benefits
Industrial action and the rights of union members
Assessment