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Employment Law
Introduction
&
Sources of Employment Law




1

, Employment Law
Aims of the course and learning outcomes:

▪ Wide subject coverage
▪ Statute/common law/ EU Law
▪ The employment relationship
▪ Practical and commercial approach to resolving issues
▪ Statutory rights


2

, Employment Law
Wider Context

Employer Employee


Trade Union


▪ Historical ‘master’ vs ‘servant’ relationship
▪ Move from agriculture to industrialisation

▪ Decline in the manufacturing industry

▪ Growth of retail, media and financial services

▪ Growth of larger regional, national and international operations

▪ Privatisation of former public services

▪ Globalisation
3

, Employment Law
Before the 1960s > 1970s
» Very little protection for workers and an imbalance in
bargaining power
» The employment relationship was, generally, a private
contractual relationship
» State kept out of the employment relationship
» Growth of Trade Unions to prevent abuse by employers




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, Employment Law
Early Legal Developments
1965: Redundancy Payments
1971: Unfair Dismissal
1974: Health and Safety at Work
1975/6: Sex and Race Discrimination, Equal Pay and
Maternity Rights
1980s: Collective Labour Law


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