David Lewis is a Professor of Employment Law in the Law School at Middlesex University, UK. He is a member of the Charted Institute of Personnel and Development, the Industrial Law Society, the Association of Law Teachers, the Institute of Employment Rights and the Society of Legal Scholars.

David Lewis makes regular media appearances to discuss his specialist subjects of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing, in which he acts as Convener of the International Whistleblowing Research Network, and is head of the Whistleblowing Research Unit at Middlesex.

Chapter - 01: The sources and institutions of employment law; Chapter - 02: Formation of the contract of employment (1) - The sources of terms; Chapter - 03: Formation of the contract of employment (2) - Implied terms of law; Chapter - 04: Recruitment and selection; Chapter - 05: Pay issues; Chapter - 06: Discrimination against employees (1); Chapter - 07: Discrimination (2) - Lawful discrimination, vicarious liability, burden of proof, enforcement and equality of terms; Chapter - 08: Parental rights; Chapter - 09: Health and safety at work; Chapter - 10: The regulation of working time; Chapter - 11: Variation, breach and termination of the contract of employment at common law; Chapter - 12: Unfair dismissal (1) - Exclusions and the meaning of dismissal; Chapter - 13: Unfair dismissal (2) - Potentially fair reasons and the concept of reasonableness; Chapter - 14: Redundancy; Chapter - 15: Unfair dismissal and redundancy claims; Chapter - 16: Continuity of employment and transfers of undertakings; Chapter - 17: Information and consultation; Chapter - 18: Trade unions and collective bargaining; Chapter - 19: Glossary