Professor Neville Cox LL.B., Ph.D., F.T.C.D. is the Dean of Graduate Studies at Trinity College Dublin and is a practising barrister and is author of several publications including Defamation: Law and Practice, Second EditionDr Val Corbett BCL (NUI), LL.M (NUI) is the Head of Law at LawSchool.ie and lecturers in employment law and has also authored several publications including two text books on the Law of Tort.Mark Connaughton SC is a practising barrister.

• PART I — Introduction to Employment Law• IntroductionPART II — The Nature of the Employment Relationship• Employment Status• The Contract of Employment• Atypical Work: Part-Time, Fixed-Term and Agency Workers• Employment PermitsPART III — Employment Equality• Introduction to Employment Equality• The Discriminatory Grounds• Equal Pay• Harassment & Sexual Harassment• VictimisationPART IV— The Operation of the Employment Relationship• Organisation of Working Time• Wages• Information and Consultation in Relation to Business Development• Employee Privacy and Data Protection• Protected Disclosures• Protective Leave Entitlements• Transfer of Undertakings• Health and Safety• Legal Obligations for the Employer in Respect of Workplace StressPART V — The Termination of the Employment Relationship• Procedural Fairness and Disciplinary Action• Injunctions• Notice• Termination of the Employment• Unfair Dismissals• RedundancyPART VI — Practice and Procedure• Practice and Procedure