Bücher der Reihe Oxford Monographs on Labour Law

Provides an analytical study of the modern English law of traditional contracts of employment and of other personal employment contracts. Concentrating on the common law basis of individual employment law, this title takes an account of relevant British and European Community legislation, including the Employment Act 2002.

Women are still far from equal to men yet discrimination on the grounds of sex is unlawful. This book asks the question: why has the law had so little impact? It concludes that only when men and women participate equally in both family life and the paid workforce will real progress in the arena of sexual equality be made.