Editor: Brian Towers
Changes in working patterns and technology over the last decade have revolutionized the way we work. More people than ever work in white-collar jobs and are unlikely to organize collectively. Other issues such as ‘portfolio’ careers, the long-hours culture, the global economy, an ageing workforce, and changes in employment legislation have completely transformed the working landscape.
This long-awaited fourth edition of the Handbook of Employment Relations, Law and Practice (originally published as the Handbook of Industrial Relations Practice) has been revised to reflect these changes. In this comprehensive handbook, a host of acknowledged experts have been brought together to consider all aspects of employment relations. Topics include:
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The influence of the EU;
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Employment relations and the information society;
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Unfair dismissal;
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Health and safety;
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Pay working time and other employment rights;
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Alternative dispute resolution;
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Managing the employment relationship;
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Employment relations in smaller firms;
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Trade unions;
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Pay and performance;
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Sickness and absence;
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Training and development;
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Managing change.
The Handbook of Employment Relations, Law and Practice is an invaluable source of guidance and practical advice for resolving day-to-day issues that arise in the workplace. Practitioners, students and managers alike will find it an essential tool that they will refer to again and again.
CONTENTS
Contributors
Foreword
Introduction to the fourth edition
PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND
1 Overview: the changing employment relationship - Brian Towers
2 The influence of the European Union on British industrial relations. A case of convergence, contagion or coexistence? - Peter Cressey
3 Britain in the global economy - Steve Bradley
4 Employment relations in the information society - Chris Baldry
PART TWO: THE LAW
5 Overview: The law and the employment relationship - Steven Anderman
6 Unfair dismissal - Ann Blair
7 Collective rights: recognition, representation and industrial action - Graeme Lockwood and Kevin Williams
8 Discrimination in employment - Helen Pritchard
9 Pay, working time and individual employment rights - Bob Simpson
10 Health and safety - Brenda Barrett
PART THREE: ALTERNATIVES TO THE LAW
11 Alternative dispute resolution - Virginia Branney
12 Resolving unfair dismissal cases by arbitration: the ACAS scheme - Ramsumair Singh
PART FOUR: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE
13 Overview: approaches to managing the employment relationship - Jeanette Harrison, Norma Heaton, Bob Mason and Joe Morgan
14 Trade unions and the employment relationship - Roger Undy
15 The employment relationship in the smaller firm - Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson
16 Employment relations procedures - David Bott
17 Pay and performance - Ian Kessler
18 Managing sickness and absence - Lynette Harris
19 Managing health and safety - Ian Cunningham and Phil James
20 Managing training and development - Jim Stewart
21 Managing change in the employment relationship - Allan P O Williams
Index
(Publisher: Kogan Page)
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