Labour Law

Hugh Collins is Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at the School of Law, London School of Economics, Fellow of the British Academy, and Emeritus Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls College, Oxford. He is author of more than 20 books including Justice in Dismissal (1992), Foundations of Indirect Discrimination Law (with T Khaitan, 2018) Philosophical Foundations of Labour Law (with G Lester, V Mantouvalou, 2018), Human Rights at Work (with A Bogg, ACL Davies, V Mantouvalou, 2024). K. D. Ewing is Professor of Public Law at King's College, London. He is President of the Institute of Employment Rights; President of the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom; and Vice President of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights. He has taught labour law for over forty years at undergraduate and postgraduate level at several universities in the United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Cambridge and London), as well as in Australia (Melbourne, Monash, Queensland, Sydney and UWA), and Canada (Osgoode Hall Law School). Aileen McColgan is a Specialist in human rights, discrimination, public and labour law. Aileen McColgan KC was formerly Professor of Human Rights Law at King's College London, and Professor of Law and Social Justice at the University of Leeds. She taught labour law at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

• Part I. Introduction: 1. Nature and sources of labour law; 2. Globalisation and labour law; Part II. The Contract of Employment: 3. Terms of the contract of employment; 4. Authority and co-operation; 5. Flexibility and precarious work; 6. The personal scope of labour law; Part III. Statutory Regulation of the Employment Relationship: 7. Wages; 8. Working time; 9. Equality; 10. Work/Life balance; 11. Civil liberties at work; Part IV. Collective Labour Rights: 12. Freedom of association and the right to organise; 13. Freedom of association and trade union autonomy; 14. The right to bargain collectively; 15. The right to be informed and consulted; 16. Collective action and the right to strike; 17. Liability for collective action; Part V. Termination of Employment: 18. Wrongful dismissal; 19. Unfair dismissal; 20. Economic dismissal.

'The third edition of Collins, Ewing and McColgan's Labour Law is a thought-provoking text for researchers and students alike. The book offers coverage of swathes of the UK's regulation of work whilst also invoking the incise critique and thematic commentary that we expect from the text's eminent authors. This most recent edition draws out the implications of human rights doctrines for labour law in more depth and considers UK courts' shifting approach to questions of employment status.' Philippa Collins, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Centre of Law at Work, University of Bristol