Employment law

This chapter provides an overview of key employment legislation that employers need to be aware of to manage employees within the law, from initial recruitment, throughout the employment cycle, through to leaving a business.

Subjects include recruitment, trade union membership, discrimination and data protection.

• Statutory rights.

• Discrimination procedures.

• Recruitment.

• Probationary periods.

• Unfair dismissal.

• TUPE transfer.

• Data protection principles.

• Key data protection obligations.

• Data subject rights.

• Specific data issues in an employment context.

• Data protection links and resources.

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