Employment and Employment Law
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Tolley's Managing Fixed-Term and Part-Time Workers
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1. Employment status and statutory rights 2. Contract of employment 3. Part-time workers 4. Fixed-term workers 5. Temporary staff from employment agencies 6. Continuity of employment 7. Casual workers, students and seasonal workers 8. Homeworkers 9. Self-employed workers and contractors 10. avoiding sex discrimination 11. Employees moving to part-time work
This is an essential tool for HR directors and managers and their advisers. This timely handbook contains comprehensive coverage of the legal and practical implications of the new Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 and the EC Directive on Fixed-Term Work. With almost a quarter of the total UK working population engaged on part-time contracts, there has never been a greater need for employers to understand the latest rights and duties owed to those who work on a part-time, intermittent or job-share basis. This invaluable resource will show you how to deal fairly with agency temps, contractors, freelancers, casual workers, seasonal workers, students working during vacations, part-time employees and temporary workers engaged to cover short-term absence. Combining coverage of the legal background with practical advice on how to ensure your policies and procedures comply with the law, this handbook will enable you to: - understand the laws that impact upon successive fixed-term contracts - treat part-time staff fairly and avoid claims of unlawful discrimination from women who form the majority of the UK's part-time workforce - draft your own documents using key sample documents – letters of employment, contract clauses and employment policies - save time by giving you access to comprehensive legal and tactical information in one unique handbook, featuring questions and answers, checklists and case studies for ease of use - ensure you are complying with the laws governing equality of treatment for fixed-term and part-time workers This accessible guide explains the latest legislation and case law and offers an array of practical tips and tools to help ensure fairness of treatment for fixed-term and part-time employees.

Exploring Employee Relations
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Exploring Employee Relations is a straightforward and accessible text that is aimed at students who are taking the subject for the first time. The structure is clear and logical, leading the newcomer through the topics in a way to maximise comprehension. Key issues are highlighted and supported by a small case or example from business.

Chapters are structured to enable progressive learning with a logical development of the content. Each chapter ends with a summary of the key points met in the text and these are further reinforced by review and discussion questions, with answers and feedback on the activities included at the end of the book. The chapters are grouped thematically into parts and longer case studies are included that are suitable for assignment and seminar work. This new edition is thoroughly revised with a new international approach which provides new material on the European Union and the role of Government and Demography, bargaining power and securing employee commitment. The text has also been written to cover the new CIPD employee relations syllabus.  Author Mike Leat, Head of Subject Group (Human Resource Management), Plymouth Business School, UK

Employee Research - How to Increase Employee Involvement through Consultation

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While understanding one’s customers has long been a tenet of successful management strategy, the critical importance of understanding one’s own employees is increasingly being acknowledged. Employees can be powerful ambassadors in communicating a company’s values, and organizations wanting to be good corporate citizens will be those that examine the employee perspective on many issues.

Employee Research is an authoritative guide which outlines the key principles behind undertaking research among employees. It looks at all the issues you need to consider to ensure that your research is robust enough to provide a platform for decision making. Best practice in conducting employee research is put in the context of informing, managing and motivating employees. Contents include:

• benefits of conducting employee research; • internet and e-mail surveys;

• employees and customer satisfaction; • qualitative research;

• good practice in setting up a survey; • the evolution of employee insight.

Part of the Market Research in Practice series and published in association with the Market Research Society, this insightful book is invaluable for students, market researchers, business managers and HR practitioners alike. Comprehensive and accessible, Employee Research is peppered with illuminating case studies and examples.