David Lewis is a Professor of Employment Law in the Law School at Middlesex University, UK. He is a member of the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, the Industrial Law Society, the Association of Law Teachers, the Institute of Employment Rights and the Society of Legal Scholars. David Lewis makes regular media appearances to discuss his specialist subjects of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing, in which he acts as Convener of the International Whistleblowing Research Network, and is head of the Whistleblowing Research Unit at Middlesex.
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01: The sources and institutions of employment law; Chapter
02: Formation of the contract of employment (1)
The sources of terms; Chapter
03: Formation of the contract of employment (2)
Implied terms of law; Chapter
04: Recruitment and selection; Chapter
05: Pay issues; Chapter
06: Discrimination against employees (1); Chapter
07: Discrimination (2)
Lawful discrimination, vicarious liability, burden of proof, enforcement and equality of terms; Chapter
08: Parental rights; Chapter
09: Health and safety at work; Chapter
10: The regulation of working time; Chapter
11: Variation, breach and termination of the contract of employment at common law; Chapter
12: Unfair dismissal (1)
Exclusions and the meaning of dismissal; Chapter
13: Unfair dismissal (2)
Potentially fair reasons and the concept of reasonableness; Chapter
14: Redundancy; Chapter
15: Unfair dismissal and redundancy claims; Chapter
16: Continuity of employment and transfers of undertakings; Chapter
17: Information and consultation; Chapter
18: Trade unions and collective bargaining; Chapter
19: Glossary
