human resource management and employment law handbooks and books


BCHR Ltd consultancy director, Barry Cushway is an established author of employment law books and a contributor to 'Management Today' among other publications. He is author and editor of the UK's best selling employment handbook, 'Essential Facts - Employment', and a number of other handbooks and manuals as shown below.

These books are available to buy online in association with Amazon.co.uk.



i) 'The Employers Handbook'
the employers handbook - uk employment law book
'The Employers Handbook' unravels the web of UK employment law, offering practical advice on staff recruitment; writing employment contracts; paying staff; performance management; dealing with absence; maternity rights, working hours and holidays and other employment law issues.

'The Employers Handbook' is a goldmine of practical, hands-on expert employment law advice, written in non-legalese. Comes with a free CD-ROM of template documents.

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ii) 'Essential Facts : Employment'

Gee Publishing's best selling employment handbook is the essential guide to employment issues for the non-specialist. Covers a huge range of personnel issues from part-time workers to parental leave; disciplinary and contract issues and more. This is the complete reference on all aspects of employment law and human resource management.

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iii) 'Human Resource Management'

This guide to personnel management discusses recruitment, training, reward systems, performance management, employee relations and staff planning. Illustrated throughout with case studies and samples of current practice, the author shows how theory can be translated into successful practice.

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iv) 'Organizational Behaviour and Design'

Written by Barry Cushway and Derek Lodge, the book outlines the nature of organizations in terms of how they are constructed and analysed, showing how they are affected by the behaviour of individuals and groups. The emphasis of the book is on practical, real world applications of organization theory.

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'The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions'
Publication Date: May 2003 by Kogan Page in association with the IOD.

'The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions' is an up-to-date resource giving managers advice on how to construct job descriptions and how to analyse jobs. Contents include: purpose of job description, rules of preparation, job information, main job elements and more. The handbook also includes over 200 model job descriptions, from director level to manual workers.

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