Employment Law Handbook

Daniel Barnett is a leading employment law barrister practising from Outer Temple Chambers. Acting in high value claims or those involving serious reputational issues, he is a past chair of the Employment Lawyers' Association's publishing committee and electronic services working party. Daniel is the author or co-author of eight books, has founded businesses in legal publishing and legal education, and is the resident lawyer on LBC 97.3. Keira Gore is a barrister at Outer Temple Chambers who specialises in employment law. She represents both employers and employees at first instance and appellate level and is regularly instructed in cases involving whistle-blowing, discrimination, unfair dismissal, restrictive covenants, working time, and TUPE. She speaks and writes regularly on employment law issues. Henry Scrope was in-house lawyer for a private international group of companies in the City of London. He was one for the founder members of the Employment Lawyers Association in 1992 and from the mid-1990s until retirement in 2011 was editor-in-chief of the popular employment law website, www.emplaw.co.uk.

1. Background and overview; 2. Categories of worker; 3. Contracts of employment; 4. Problems during employment; 5. Trade unions; 6. Working time and time off work; 7. Health and safety at work; 8. Miscellaneous matters; 9. Termination of employment; 10. Unfair dismissal; 11. Redundancy; 12. Transfer of undertakings; 13. Sex and race discrimination; 14. Disability discrimination; 15. Age discrimination; 16. Other types of discrimination; 17. Equal pay and terms of employment; 18. Wrongful dismissal; 19. Remedies and compensation; 20. Time limits, procedure and settlement.