Employment Law in Practice

Employment law is a rapidly changing area of practice which imposes real challenges for practitioners. The law is mostly found in the relevant UK legislation, but is constructed on a basis of common law. This manual is designed to address the difficulties faced by those bringing or defending proceedings in the industrial tribunal, providing a basic background to the relevant legal principles and the procedural requirements and explaining how these can be used in practice to meet clients' needs.;Specific chapters deal with: the common law, statutory and EC sources and how they interact; substantive law in the main areas coming before the industrial tribunals (unfair dismissal, redundancy, breach of contract, discrimination and equal pay); industrial tribunal procedure; remedies, including guidance and exercises in assessing compensation; and sample cases, showing how to complete the relevant forms, deal with interlocutory stages, use special procedures and record settlements.;This book is designed to accompany the employment law option in the Bar Vocational Course.