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Employment Law and Human Resources Handbook 2012

The Employment Law and Human Resources Handbook 2012 provides you with all the essential information you need on legislation, regulation, policy, case law and best practice.

Information is presented in plain English, and broken down into separate A-Z sections containing legislative summaries, key points, handy fact boxes and sources of further information.

All the guidance is written and compiled by our team of expert authors, including top law firms, surveyors, safety consultants and regulatory bodies.

The Employment Law and Human Resources Handbook includes a number of comment pieces, so that as well as the information, facts and guidance offered, you will also gain an insight into what the legal experts think, particularly of new legislation. Also included is a handy ‘At a glance’ section, outlining the basic information you need to know over the next 12 months.

Features 

• A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law in the next 12 months.
• Fully revised and updated sections to help you get to grips with the latest guidance and information.
• Case reviews with in-depth analysis of recent case law by experts in the field.
• New comment pieces, giving insight into what legal experts think about new legislation.
• Practical design to give you accurate, up-to-date information on the spot.
• A handy 606 page paperback format, easy to carry and store.

New chapters 

• Appraisals
• Fit notes
• Gangmasters
• Mediation
• Outsourcing
• Psychometric testing
• Resignation
• Social media
• VAT

Including the latest information and guidance on: 

• The new Agency Workers Regulations 2010
• The first prosecution under the Bribery Act
• Planning for the Olympics
• Changes to unfair dismissal periods
• Charges for Tribunals
• The abolition of the Default Retirement Age
• Coping with social media
• and much more . . .

Featuring contributions from: 

BPE Solicitors

Law firm BPE is based in Cheltenham, and clients range from private investors, to dynamic entrepreneurs, high street chains, public institutions, blue chip multi-nationals, and a foreign Government. Legal services supplied range from corporate, company commercial, commercial property, commercial litigation, insolvency, employment, tax / trusts and wills, PI for Insurers and volume residential property.

Loch Associates Employment Lawyers

Loch Associates Employment Lawyers provides commercial employment legal advice and HR services to employers and executive employees. Based in the south-east with offices in London and Tunbridge Wells, it acts for clients right across the UK in a variety of sectors. Its specialist knowledge and skills in this complex legal area and a commercial approach provides its clients with a valuable insight to make the right decisions.

Pinsent Masons LLP

Pinsent Masons LLP is an international law firm with over 270 partners and more than 1,000 lawyers, who provide a full range of corporate and commercial services. Internationally, it works in alliance with Salans. The firm operates in the major commercial and financial centres of the UK as well as the Middle-East and Asia Pacific. In the UK, it has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bristol. With over 80 lawyers, the firm has one of the largest teams of employment specialists of any UK law firm and a recent Chambers survey confirmed the Group as employment law adviser of choice to the FTSE 250.

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a powerful source of legal support for organisations doing business in or with Europe and is based primarily in the UK, France and Germany, with further offices in Brussels, Alicante, Dubai and Shanghai. A market leader in advising IP and technology-rich industries, Taylor Wessing boasts a strong reputation in the corporate, finance and real estate sectors alongside indepth experience across the full range of legal services including tax, commercial disputes and employment.

Why you need the Employment Law and Human Resources Handbook 2012

A combination of expert opinion, case analysis, easy to digest facts and information on all relevant law set out in an easy to use, understandable way, make the Workplace Law Handbook a must-have resource. No technical jargon, no legalese; just simple to understand information and best practice.