Freedom of Speech and Employment

by Lucy Vickers

Overview

This is a new study of the employment law implications for employees who exercise the right to free speech. The book examines the philosophical basis for protecting free speech, the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 and article 10 of the ECHR, the implications of free speech for the contract of employment, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, and the special position of local government and NHS staff and civil servants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198268307
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/05/2002
Series:	Oxford Labour Law
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Oxford Brookes University

Table of Contents

Table of CasesTable of Statutes1. Introduction: Freedom of Speech and Work2. The Scope of the Right to Free Speech at Work3. Freedom of Expression And Human Rights: The European Convention on Human Rights4. Freedom of Speech and the Contract of Employment: The Concept of the Public Interest5. Freedom of speech and dismissal6. Freedom of speech and public sector employment: The Civil Service, Local Government and the NHS7. Conclusions A Right to Freedom of Speech at Work? Bibliography Index