Employment Law in Contextis the perfect guide to the legal principles that students are likely to encounter on a day-to-day basis as a HR professional. Written by experienced HR practitioners & covering all aspects of the employment relationship from beginning to end the book also provides invaluable guidance on how to apply the legal principles across a range of practical workplace scenarios. ...

New to this edition: All chapters revised in line with changes to Employment Law More case discussion & more featured cases Learning Objectives to focus students learning In-chapter Discussion Points to stimulate debate End-of-chapter annotated further reading & weblinks Indexed list of cases cited End-of-book glossary defining key terms More diagrams & less text-heavy Linked to HR Inform the online subscription service Online resources
- available on publication For tutors: -Lecturers Guide -Additional case studies -In-class activities -Lecture slides For students: -Questions & activities -Annotated weblinks -Employment Law updates from HR Inform This textbook fully maps to the new CIPD Employment Law module & is also ideal for those studying similar modules on HRM or Business degrees.
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This is not a book of substantive law
- it concentrates on the practical & the tactical guiding claimant & advisers through the
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When a scrawny unwanted child
- so lowly that she does not even have a name
- is sold into slavery a chain of events is set

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Fans of Philippa Gregory will be entranced. Kate Quinns unforgettable third novel is a mesmerising story of passion ambition & betrayal. Elle Under its beloved Emperor Trajan the Roman Eagle spreads its wings advancing ever further into the untamed world. But neither Trajan nor his reign can last for ever. Gladiator turned soldier Vix is back in Rome to make his fortune. Sabina the wayward daughter of a senator craves adventure. United by their devotion to the Emperor Vix & Sabina are unaware that the wolves are gathering. Trajans enigmatic Empress has her own plans for Sabina. & the aristocratic Hadrian the Empresss protege conceals dark ambitions rooted in a secret prophecy. When Trajan falls the hardened warrior the adventurous girl the shadowy empress & the scheming politician are caught in a deadly whirlwind that threatens to seal all their fates
- & that of the Roman Empire itself...
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Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some risky experimental surgery. It may make him a tiny bit better it may kill him. But before he has a chance to undergo it the local police department are drafting in Rhyme & Amelia using their forensic skills to help find two women kidnapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect Boy. After a cat & mouse game through the abandoned swamps of North Carolina Lincoln & Amelia manage to find him
- then Amelia convinced of his innocence breaks the boy out of jail. & Lincoln has to find them both while Amelia uses all the skills her mentor & lover has taught her to evade him. Her actions are to have more disastrous consequences than either of them anticipate.. .
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To the outside world Charlotte is the privileged daughter of the local vicar. Behind closed doors however she is the prisoner of her controlling father. As she grows up Charlotte longs for freedom but her captivating innocence leads her into trouble. Sent to Ireland to hide a shameful pregnancy she discovers that once again her father has deceived her. She is forced into a convents harsh & humiliating regime where she must eventually give up the one thing that makes her life worthwhile. When Charlotte returns to England older than her years she chooses to forget the past. Becoming a London midwife she longs only to help other women at this hardest & most joyful moment in their lives. But her deep compassion & desire to prevent anyone else suffering the same horror she did leads her into a darker & more dangerous place. ...

To the outside world Charlotte is the privileged daughter of the local vicar. Behind closed doors however she is the prisoner of her controlling father. As she grows up Charlotte longs for freedom but her captivating innocence leads her into trouble. Sent to Ireland to hide a shameful pregnancy she discovers that once again her father has deceived her. She is forced into a convent's harsh & humiliating regime where she must eventually give up the one thing that makes her life worthwhile. When Charlotte returns to England older than her years she chooses to forget the past. Becoming a London midwife she longs only to help other women at this hardest & most joyful moment in their lives. But her deep compassion & desire to prevent anyone else suffering the same horror she did leads her into a darker & more dangerous place. ...

In 1986 Margaret Humphreys a Nottingham social worker investigated a woman's claim that aged four she had been put on a boat to Australia by the British government. At first incredulous Margaret discovered that this was just the tip of an enormous iceberg. Up to 150 000 children some as young as three years old had been deported from children's homes in Britain & shipped off to a 'new life' in distant parts of the Empire right up until as recently as 1970. Many were told that their parents were dead & parents were told that their children had been adopted. In fact for many children it was to be a life of horrendous physical & sexual abuse far away from everything they knew. Margaret & her team reunited thousands of families before it was too late brought authorities to account & worldwide attention to an outrageous miscarriage of justice. ...

Dad loves Mum
- loves her to the point of obsession. Hes jealous when she shows us any affection. Set in Battersea in the Fifties
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