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The toxic politicising of the National Minimum Wage
Brown, William - In: Employee Relations 39 (2017) 6, pp. 785-789
Purpose After 15 years of successful operation, the British Low Pay Commission’s management of the National Minimum Wage was threatened in 2015 by the government’s introduction the National Living Wage. The purpose of this paper is to consider the underlying principles of previous minimum...
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Individual statutory employment rights since 1997: constrained expansion
Dickens, Linda - In: Employee Relations 24 (2002) 6, pp. 619-637
This article explores developments in statutory individual employment rights since the election of the Labour … Government in 1997. It also discusses the mechanisms for the adjudication and enforcement of individual employment rights. There … individual rights. There is also a neglect of the inter‐relationship between individual employment rights and collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014730972
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UNI Europa Graphical's approach to the co‐ordination of national level collective bargaining within a European context
Gennard, John - In: Employee Relations 26 (2004) 5, pp. 531-549
This paper outlines the purpose and the economic theory underpinning the Uni‐Europa Graphical co‐ordination of collective bargaining within a European context policy. It then analyses the development of the policy in terms of its scope, its institutions and its information networks. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731035
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Policy and practice in general print: the workplace reality of national bargaining
Healy, Geraldine; Rainnie, Al; Telford, Jim - In: Employee Relations 26 (2004) 5, pp. 550-566
This paper investigates the operation of the National Agreement in the general printing industry at a time when the future of such agreements is in doubt. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data from union representatives, the paper provides insights into the workplace practices of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731036
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The Labour Code in the Republic of Slovakia
Majtan, Borislav - In: Employee Relations 27 (2005) 6, pp. 603-612
Purpose – This paper aims to examine how the Slovak Labour Code has evolved as a result of the “velvet revolution” which saw Czechoslovakia begin the transition from a “command” to a “market economy, the establishment of a separate Czech Republic and a Slovak Republic and Slovakia's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731079
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Reflections on public sector‐based integrative collective bargaining
Caverley, Natasha; Cunningham, Bart; Mitchell, Lari - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 1, pp. 62-75
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to understand better how specific conditions such as the degree of trust developed from previous negotiations, the level of expertise/style demonstrated by the negotiators, the clarity of the bargaining issues and the ability of facilitators to use...
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The relationship between legislation and industrial practice
Moore, Sian - In: Employee Relations 28 (2006) 4, pp. 363-373
of the impact of the Employment Relations Act 1999.  …
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Regulation in Australian hotels: is there a lesson for the UK?
Knox, Angie; Nickson, Dennis - In: Employee Relations 29 (2006) 1, pp. 50-67
Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to compare employment relations in the hotel industry in Australia and the UK …. Australian industry employment is regulated by the state and union recognition is enshrined. A substantial proportion of … industry far higher than in the UK. The analysis focuses on employment strategies emphasising numerical/temporal and functional …
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Negotiations at multinational company level?
Gennard, John - In: Employee Relations 30 (2008) 2, pp. 100-103
Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to examine the internal procedure for negotiations at multinational company level devised by the European Metalworkers Federation. Design/methodology/approach – The editorial outlines the EU Commission's social agenda between 2000 and 2010,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731169
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Beatrice and Sidney Webb and the intellectual origins of British industrial relations
Farnham, David - In: Employee Relations 30 (2008) 5, pp. 534-552
work, which unions would play a major part in promoting. In justifying the collectivisation of the employment relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014731189