It provides a concise introduction to labour law in the context of British industrial relations. Part I deals with the Individual Employment Relationship, inlcuding the effect of labour market changes on legal definitions of the relationship, working time, remuneration, incapacity, job security and discrimination. There are brief accounts of the law on competition by former employees and inventions by employees. Part II discusses collective labour relations and the law, including such topical subjects as trade union freedom, the liability of trade unions in tort, workers' participation, and trends in collective bargaining. The book should be of interest to students of labour law and industrial relations and may be used as a main text for students of other disciplines studying labour law as an ancillary subject. It also provides a useful guide to trade unionists, personnel managers and the general reader who wish to understand the framework of legal intervention in industrial relations. This book was originally published as a monograph in the "International Encyclopaedia for Labour law and Industrial Relations.