Employment Law
Employment Law by Hugh Collins, published by Oxford University Press in 2010, is a comprehensive exploration of the legal framework surrounding employment relations. This second edition, consisting of 265 pages, provides an updated perspective on contemporary policy themes such as social inclusion, competitiveness, and citizenship rights in the workplace. It serves as both an accessible introduction for newcomers and a succinct summary for students, covering essential topics including contracts of employment, anti-discrimination law, trade unions, and human rights.
Readers will find a thorough examination of how UK law has evolved under the influence of EU law and international human rights standards. The book discusses the transformation of employment law in the twenty-first century, focusing on achieving a better work-life balance, enhancing business competitiveness through partnership institutions, and ensuring robust protection for employee rights. Additionally, it offers comparisons with employment law in other countries, including the United States, and evaluates the effectiveness of various national and transnational regulatory methods.
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This updated edition offers a fresh approach to the law governing employment relations, emphasizing the contemporary policy themes of social inclusion, competitiveness, and the rights of citizenship in the workplace. It acts as a succinct and accessible overview for those new to the subject as well as an excellent summary for students.
Employment Law covers all the main areas of the subject including contracts of employment, anti-discrimination law, trade unions, industrial action, and human rights in the workplace. It also discusses how UK law, under the influence of EU law and international protection of human rights, has been transformed for the twentieth-first century by pursuing new goals such as helping to achieve a better balance between work and life, to improve the competitiveness of business through partnership institutions, and to provide superior protection for the basic rights of employees in the workplace. Offering frequent comparisons with the law of other countries, including the United States, the book also discusses the effectiveness of employment regulation as well as examining the different national and transnational methods available.
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