The A Practical Approach series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books are also an excellent resource for those new to the law, where the expert overview and clear layout promote clarity and ease of understanding. Now in its eighth edition, A Practical Approach to Employment Law continues to provide a comprehensive and systematic guide to the principles and practice of employment law. Containing coverage of all recent cases as well as important developments since the publication of the previous edition in 2005 such as the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 and the Employment Act 2008, this new edition provides a valuable introduction for professionals and students alike.

1. History 2. The Status of Employee 3. The Individual Contract of Employment and its Sources 4. Rights and Obligations of Employer and Employee 5. Statutory Regulation of Wages and Hours 6. The Duty of Fidelity and Restraint of Trade Clauses 7. Equal Pay 8. Sex and Race Discrimination 9. Disability Discrimination 10. Age Discrimination 11. Other Discrimination Provisions: Part-time and Fixed Term Workers, Religion or Belief and Sexual Orientation 12. Maternity, Parental and Domestic Care Rights, and Flexible Working 13. Continuity of Employment 14. The Scope of Statutory Protection: Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy 15. Termination of Contract and Wrongful Dismissal 16. Unfair Dismissal 17. Public Interest Disclosures, Dismissal and Detriment Claims 18. Redundancy Payments 19. Consultation about Redundancy 20. Transfers of Undertakings 21. Trade Unions and Collective Bargaining 22. Protection of Trade Union and Cognate Activities 23. Strikes and Other Industrial Action 24. Picketing and Public Order 25. Employment Law and Human Rights

John Bowers QC , Barrister, Littleton Chambers; Recorder, Midlands Circuit; Honorary Professor of Law, University of Hull

`Review from previous edition The seventh edition of John Bowers' A Practical Approach to Employment Law is a comprehensive, almost encyclopaedic review of employment law, but in a remarkably slim tome given the ground it covers...A large amount of serious law is presented in a lucid, easy to read style... The book provides an invaluable reference point for expert practitioners seeking to home in on specific questions.' Ellen Temperton (Baker & McKenzie), New Law Journal. |d 15th July 2005