Employment law

Abstract

This revision guide will help you to identify and apply the law. Its objective is to provide frequent reminders of the importance of understanding the legal definitions of key employment law concepts, such as ‘redundancy’, ‘dismissal’, ‘trade union’, ‘direct discrimination’ and many others. It is written to be used as a supplement to your course materials, lectures and textbooks. As a revision guide, it should do just that – guide you through revision, it should not be used to cut down on the amount of reading (or thinking) that you have to do in order to succeed. Employment law is a vast, complex and dynamic subject – you should realise this from looking at the size of your recommended textbook. It follows that this revision guide could never be expected to cover the subject in the depth and detail required to succeed in exams and it does not set out to do so. Instead, it aims to provide a concise overall picture of the key areas for revision – reminding you of the headline points to enable you to focus your revision and identify the key points that you need to know.