Employment Law and Practice begins by addressing the crucial issue of a person’s employment status before going on to look at key employment rights, including the national minimum wage and working time regulations. Next, it examines the complex law relating to discrimination as well as the application of employment law to recruitment and the contract of employment. 

The book then explains key family-friendly rights, including maternity and paternity leave and pay. It discusses policies and procedures during employment, before reviewing the termination of employment, including unfair and wrongful dismissal and redundancy. 

Transfers of undertakings are explained together with an outline of the procedures at employment tribunals. The formalities and uses of settlement agreements are also discussed. 

Finally, the future of Employment Law is reviewed, including the implications of technological change on employment. 

The book is supported by a number of activities and links to practice which reflect the author’s wide-ranging experience in employment practice. 

Employment Law and Practice is the recommended textbook for the CILEX Professional Stage Employment Law and Practice module, but it will also provide invaluable guidance for law students and junior employment lawyers who are seeking to improve their knowledge and practical skills in this area.

Max Winthrop is a partner at Sintons LLP, a long established firm in Newcastle upon Tyne. Max started his working life with a London based construction industry trade association heavily involved in industrial relations, before moving north and qualifying as a solicitor in 1991. Max’s practice involves all aspects of employment and discrimination law, and he regularly appears in tribunals though out the UK. Max has also taught employment law at the University of Northumbria and Durham and has extensive media experience including being quoted in major news outlets and appearing on broadcast media such as the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. From 2017-2020 he chaired the Law Society’s Employment Law Committee and has recently been re-appointed. In that capacity he gave evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee on the use and abuse of confidentiality provision in settlement agreements. Max is on the Executive Committee of the Industrial Law Society, a past President of the Newcastle upon Tyne Law Society, member of ELA and a consulting editor for XpertHR.