Honeyball & Bowers’ textbook on employment law

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Creator or Attribution (Responsibility): Simon Honeyball
Biografical Information: Dr Simon Honeyball is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter, and is Director of Undergraduate Studies in Law. He has previously also held the post of Head of the Law School and has written extensively on employment law and other areas of the law.
Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008
Publication Type (Medium): Einführung
Material: Internet resource
Type: Book, Internet Resource
Other titles: Honeyball and Bowers’ textbook on employment law
Textbook on employment law
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/honeyball-bowers-textbook-on-employment-law/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

Lxiv, 468 pages ; 25 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Honeyball & Bowers’ textbook on employment law is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

Responsable Person: Simon Honeyball.
Publication Date: 2008
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 20 editions
First edition Date: 2008
Last edition Date: 2014
General Notes: Revised edition of: Honeyball & Bowers’ textbook on labour law. 9th ed. 2006.
Bowers’ name appears first on the earlier ed.
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD3009
Dewey Code: 344.4101
ISBN: 9780199235872 0199235872
OCLC: 227205747

Publisher Description:

Honeyball and Bowers’ Textbook on Employment Law is a concise yet analytical and contextual introduction to this fascinating area of the law. Accessible by VIrtue of its succinct style and clear layout, yet challenging and critical, the tenth edition of this book is suitable for students of all levels on law and business degree courses, as well as anyone else engaged in the study of employment law.
Beginning with a historical perspective and explanation of how and why the law has developed as it has, Simon Honeyball goes on to explore what the law actually is, and the practical and theoretical issues raised by its study and application.
In this edition:
The areas of discrimination and unfair dismissal have been thoroughly updated to take into account recent changes to the law such as the age discrimination regulations. 2006
Further diagrams and flow charts have been included to help aid understanding and suit different learning styles.
Almost every substantive case note published in all major journals since 1990 is cited, along with references to many articles and other materials.
Online Resource Center
This edition is also accompanied by an Online Resource Center, which provides regular updates to the law, and web links helping to facilitate further study.

Main Contents

History and institutions of employment law
The concept of employment
The contract of employment
Termination of contract
Continuity of employment
Transfer of undertakings
Statutory employment protection on dismissal
Unfair dismissal
Statutory redundancy payments and consultation procedures
Discrimination
Equal pay and family rights
Statutory rights regulating the employment relationship
Trade unions
Collective bargaining
Industrial action
Human rights in employment.

Honeyball & Bowers' textbook on employment law

Honeyball & Bowers’ textbook on employment law