Set in the context of experience in the workplace as well as within the wider social and political framework, Pitt’s Employment Law provides a clear and succinct account of employment law and industrial relations law. The work is written in a straightforward and engaging style, making it easy for students to understand the topic and grasp difficult concepts. The work provides a lively and thought-provoking account of key topics, explaining significant cases from the British courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights, enabling the reader to grasp the subject as a whole. New to this edition: First look at the Labour Government’s plans for employment law after the 2024 election Gig workers’ employment status – Supreme Court developments Latest post-Brexit legal developments Extension to family leave rights Fall-out from the pandemic – cases on redundancy, unfair dismissal and health and safety New right to carer’s leave Plans for Fair Pay Agreements in social care sector “Fire and rehire” – proposals for change Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 New rights on flexible working Changes to the Working Time Regulations Analysis and insight into more than 40 new cases and statutes Please note that details of how to redeem ProView eBook access are included within the printed book.

The IDS Employment Law Handbook ‘Discrimination at Work’ provides an authoritative and detailed overview of how the Equality Act 2010 applies in the workplace. This comprehensive guide clearly explains the key legal issues, including the scope of the ‘protected characteristics’ under the 2010 Act; the various types of discrimination that the Act prohibits; who is protected and who may be liable; the circumstances in which discrimination can arise before, during and after employment; and the remedies available to successful claimants. The 2022 edition of the Handbook has been updated to take account of key case law developments since the previous edition, as well as the post-Brexit status of EU law in the UK. Discrimination law has become a vast topic, with the capacity to affect every aspect of the employment relationship, and this Handbook is an essential tool in keeping up-to-date and fully informed.

The new edition of the IDS Employment Law Handbook, ‘Continuity of Employment’, sets out the statutory rules governing how continuity is calculated. The law in this area can be complex, particularly where a contract of employment ceases to exist between two periods of employment with the same employer or where employment is transferred between employers. However, the Handbook offers a clear and comprehensive examination of the statutory rules and explains the relevant legislation and pertinent case law in a logical and understandable way. It: sets out the general principles for computing a period of continuous employment and explains how these rules are applied in the ordinary case where an employee is employed for an unbroken period under a contract of employment deals with the situation where, despite a break in employment, the statutory rules provide for continuity to be preserved; for example, where the employee has been off sick or there has been a temporary cessation of work discusses those rare situations where a ‘break’ in employment does not sever continuity as such but nor does it count in computing a period of continuous service; for example, weeks where the employee was on strike considers continuity of employment where there has been a change of employer; for example, where there has been a transfer of a business or undertaking. This Handbook is an authoritative and indispensable guide to an important area of employment law that underpins many of the statutory employment protection rights available to employees.