
Labour Law in Ireland
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in Ireland not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The authors describe all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more.
Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Ireland, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.
Publish Date | 01/08/2016 |
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Product Line | Kluwer Law International |
ISBN | 9789041161697 |
SKU | 10058176-0001 |
The Author
General Introduction
Chapter 1. Employment Law in Ireland in Context
Chapter 2. The Irish Judicature and Employment-connected Litigation
Chapter 3. Sources of Employment Law
Part I. The Individual Employment Relationship
Chapter 1. Identification of a Contract of Employment
Chapter 2. Fixed-term Workers, Part-time Workers, Agency Workers, Zero-hours Workers and non-EEA Workers
Chapter 3. The Form and Content of the Contract of Employment
Chapter 4. The Common Law and Constitutional Rights and Duties of the Parties During the Employment Relationship
Chapter 5. Working Time and Holidays
Chapter 6. Parental Leave, Maternity Leave, Force Majeure Leave, and Carer’s Leave
Chapter 7. The Law Relating to Wages
Chapter 8. Incapacity to Work
Chapter 9. Legal Regulation of Dismissal at Common Law
Chapter 10. The Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977–2007
Chapter 11. The Redundancy Payments Acts 1967–2007 and the Protection of Employment Act 1977
Chapter 12. Protection Derived from the Transfer of Undertakings Directive 2003
Chapter 13. Protection against Discrimination on Grounds of Sex in Employment
Chapter 14. The Law on Discrimination on Grounds of Age, Disability and Race
Chapter 15. Non-competition Covenants
Part II. Collective Labour Relations
Chapter 1. The Historical Development of Trade Union Legitimacy: Trade Unions and the Constitution
Chapter 2. The Law Regulating Trade Unions
Chapter 3. Worker Participation in Ireland
Chapter 4. The Law Governing Strikes and Industrial Action
Chapter 5. Settlement of Industrial Disputes
Selected Bibliography
Index