The common law employment relationship : a comparative study / Gordon Anderson, Douglas Brodie, Joellen Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Gordon, author.

Brodie, Douglas, 1960- author.

Riley, Joellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The contract of employment provides in many jurisdictions the legal foundation for the employment of workers. This book examines how the development of the common law under the influence of contemporary social and economic pressures has caused this contract to evolve.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Table of cases

Table of legislation

1. Introduction

2. Development and character of the contract of employment

3. Defining the employee

4. Changing and alternative modes of employment

5. Statutory and incorporated terms

6. Fairness of the bargain and allocation of risk

7. Fidelity, mutual trust and confidence and fair dealing

8. The work/personal interface

9. Employee mobility

10. Security in employment

11. Common law remedies

12. Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78347-970-1

OCLC:

1004737662