Employment Law in Context: an introduction for HR professionals - Softcover

Willey, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273678590 ISBN 13: 9780273678595

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2003

Synopsis

Over the past twenty years employment law has had a growing significance for both human resource practitioners and general managers.  It influences and may constrain the action that managers want to take.  The aim of this textbook is to help those who have, or will have, responsibility for employee relations and human resource management to manage within the law.

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Employment Law in Context: an introduction for HR professionals, 2ed Brian Willey

 

This book is ideal for students taking an employment law module as part of a CIPD programme, an HRM or a business degree. It provides an invaluable reference for practising human resource or general managers who want to increase their knowledge of the subject.

 

Employment law is a matter of increasing importance for managers and human resource professionals. Approaching the subject from a human resources rather than a law perspective, this book aims to inform about the context in which employment law is enacted and promotes understanding of:

• The application of the law to HRM
• The social purposes behind the legislation
• The contextual issues that affect the implementation of the law

The balance between knowledge of legal provisions and consideration of human resources is explored using a range of exercises and case studies, with the intention of giving HR and general managers the confidence to analyse and deal with a greater variety of problems.

Each chapter follows a common framework which contains the following:

• Learning objectives
• Context – social, economic, political and technological
• Legal framework
• Policies and practices, looking at the application of the law
• Case studies and scenarios, inviting the reader to apply the concepts and legal provisions

Brian Willey is a Principal Lecturer in Employment Relations and Employment Law; and Deputy Course Director of the MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Business at Kingston University.

 

"I am impressed by the development of sociological debates alongside the legal debates as many legal texts omit this important area."

 

Alan J Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, De Montfort University Faculty of Business and Law

 

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273678590
• ISBN 13: 9780273678595
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 660