Employment law

Emplaw.co.uk

www.emplaw.co.uk

This site is a “super portal” for employment law and is the single best starting point, aimed at practitioners, for all research on UK employment law: paid for and free resources available.

Thompsons

www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ltext/lelindex.htm

A well-organised collection of its regular newsletters updating viewers about employment law developments; albeit from the perspective of the employee and trades unions. Helpfully, the articles in the newsletters are now accessible by subject matter.

Incomes Data Services

www.incomesdata.co.uk/brief/law.htm

Authoritative sources of information on a wide range of employment related issues, some free and some paid for: see www.idsbrief.com, its companion website for subscription services.

Department for Business Innovation and Skills

www.berr.gov.uk/employment/

All the major issues in employment law are covered as well as series of guides on employment law issues, consultation documents, policy issues “hot topics”. Meaty stuff. See also www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/ for individual employment rights.

Advisory Conciliation and arbitration Service

www.acas.org.uk

Useful information about the role of ACAS and the law.

Equality and Human Rights Commission

www.equalityhumanrights.com

The successor to the DRC, EOC and CRE (properly called Commission for Equality and Human Rights) now has a website with some useful info regarding discrimination law at work.

Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities division of the European Commission

ec.europa.eu/social/home.jsp?langId=en

Source material and policy material on all the major aspects of European law and policy as it relates to employment law issues and equal opportunities.

Working rights

www.workingrights.co.uk

Site seeking to offer information written by a variety of authors on working rights for the ordinary worker: said, by the site, to constitute a unique resource.