Employment Law: The Essentials fully maps onto the advanced CIPD Employment Law module and is ideal for employment law modules on HRM or Business degrees.

Malcolm SargeantMalcolm Sargeant is a Professor of Labour Law at Middlesex University Business School. David LewisDavid Lewis is a Professor of Employment Law at Middlesex University Business School.

1. The Sources and Institutions of Employment Law
2. Formation of the Contract of Employment
(1): The Sources of Contractual Terms
3. Formation of the Contract of Employment
(2): Implied Terms of Law
4. Recruitment and Selection
5. Pay Issues
6. Discrimination Against Employees (1)
7. Discrimination (2): Lawful Discrimination, Vicarious Liability, Burden of Proof, Enforcement and Equality of Terms
8. Parental Rights
9. Health and Safety at Work
10. The Regulation of Working Time
11. Variation, Breach and Termination of the Contract of Employment at Common Law
12. Unfair Dismissal (1) : Exclusions and the Meaning of Dismissal
13. Unfair Dismissal (2): Potentially Fair Reasons and the Concept of Reasonableness
14. Redundancy
15. Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy Claims
16. Continuity of Employment and Transfers of Undertakings
17. Information and Consultation
18. Trade Unions