Publisher:Legal Action Group
Discrimination in employment: a claims handbook
Description: 9781903307823
Discrimination in Employment is a comprehensive yet accessible and practical guide covering every aspect of workplace discrimination. Setting out in detail the employment provisions of the Equality Act 2010 it looks at the impact of the Act in practice with commentary on the accompanying statutory guidance and codes of practice. There is up to date coverage of emerging case-law from the employment tribunal to the Supreme Court and the CJEU.

The expert author team of discrimination and employment law specialists are at the heart of many of the major cases in this area and play an important role in the development of law and policy in this area. They provide a thorough explanation of the interaction between domestic and EU law and helpful guidance on interpretation of equality concepts in the context of international law.

Contents include:
protected characteristics Υ direct and indirect discrimination Υ disability discrimination Υ harassment Υ victimisation Υ maternity and parental rights Υ other unlawful acts Υ avoiding discrimination in recruitment Υ discrimination in occupations and non-employment bodies Υ positive action Υ exceptions Υ public sector equality duty Υ equality of terms Υ pensions Υ practice and procedure Υ remedies Υ international sources of law

Discrimination in Employment is a handbook for claimants, their advisers and representatives and anyone who aims to comply with the requirements of anti-discrimination law. Essential reading for judges, lay tribunal members, lawyers and advisers, trade union representatives and HR and equality officers in public, private and voluntary sector organisations.

About the author

Description: Declan O'Dempsey - Author
Declan O'Dempsey is a barrister at Cloisters.
Description: Catherine Casserley - author
Catherine Casserley is a barrister at Cloisters.
Description: Sally Robertson - author
Sally Robertson is a barrister at Cloisters.
Description: Anna Beale - author
Anna is a barrister at Cloisters.