A textbook for students of personnel and human resources, and a reference source for managers. It provides comprehensible coverage of the main statutory and common law rules that govern such issues as contracts of employment, discrimination and union rights. This new edition includes the changes made by the Employment Relations Act 1999, and examines: the sources and institutions of employment law; pay issues, including the national minimum wage; the Working Time regulations; parental and maternity rights; dismissal and redundancy; health and safety; data protection; trade union recognition; sex, race, disability and age discrimination.