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Employment Law for Business Students
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Employment Law for Business Students
Stephen Hardy
and
Robert Upex
SAGE Publications
London ●● Thousand Oaks New Delhi
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© Stephen Hardy and Robert Upex 2006
First published 2006
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ISBN-10 1-4129-0021-2 ISBN-13 978-1-4129-0021-8
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Contents
Illustrations and Tables viii
Table of Cases ix
Table of Statutes xv
Preface xvi
1 What is Employment Law? 1
Defining employment law 2
Key legislation 4
Institutions 7
2 Employment Status 12
Employees? 12
Temporary employment 18
A mo