Includes index and bibliography.

Contents:The system of employment law -- Employment law and the UK legal system -- The Eropean union legal system -- The institutions of employment law -- Industrial tribunal procedure -- The substance of employment:employment status and continuity -- Race and sex discrimination -- Disability and other discrimination -- The contract of employment: formation and sources -- Recruitment, selection and appointment -- The contract of employment:terms, interpretation and change -- Pay -- Hours of work, holidays and time off -- Maternity -- Health and safety:General statutory requirements -- Health and safety:Civil liability -- Wrongful and unfair dismissal -- Redundancy and unfair dismissal -- Redundancy:consultation with employee or union representatives -- Redundancy payments -- Transfer of undertakings -- Trades unions -- Collective bargaining -- Industrial action -- Protection of information and property -- Problems and perspectives:the development and impact of employment law -- The functioning of the industrial tribunal system -- Employment and the European union -- Policy issues and the employment law system.