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Employment Law

Changing patterns of employment have led to an increase in the popularity of part-time and fixed-term appointments. The Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations and the EC Directive on Part-time Work have had a significant impact on the treatment of non-permanent staff. Tolley's Managing Fixed-term and Part-time Workers is a legal and practical guide to employing non-permanent staff and addresses all the issues that you need to consider, including contracts of employment, pay, pensions, terms and conditions, training, holidays and successive fixed-term contracts.Contents include: Useful tips on how to prepare for new regulations and pre-empt problems Current thinking and the latest case law on the rights of non-permanent workers Tactics for avoiding discrimination claimsNew content for the second edition includes: A new chapter on home working The new proposed EU directive on agency staff Revisions to Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations