Effective Recruitment: A Practical Guide to Staying Within the LawThe law is changing fast - pitfalls and penalties await the unprepared. The legal rules that apply to recruitment are drawn from virtually all areas of employment law. Sourcing the relevant law under each heading is difficult and time-consuming. But there is a solution. This valuable new report pulls together all the relevant law relating to recruitment. Written by acknowledged experts, it provides a concise summary of everything you need to know and what to do to stay securely within the law. What this special report gives you: it provides a clear explanation of the key areas of law applying to the recruitment process, including, where appropriate, the reasons for the development of those rules and what they aim to achieve; it explains the application of the rules to the recruitment processes; and it deals with typical practical issues, especially those arising out of case law and recent legislation. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 The legal framework | 10 |
Chapter 2 Recruitment needs analysis | 28 |
Chapter 3 Preparing to recruit | 41 |
Chapter 4 The selection process | 62 |
Chapter 5 Job offers verification and screening | 71 |
Chapter 6 The contract of employment | 89 |
Appendices | 98 |
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Effective Recruitment: A Practical Guide to Staying Within the Law Patricia Leighton,Giles Proctor No preview available - 2009 |
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