TY - BOOK T1 - Comparative Employment Relations: France, Germany And Britain Y1 - 2015 A1 - Milner, Susan KW - Britain KW - employment regulation KW - employment relations KW - France KW - Germany KW - human resources management KW - pay KW - working conditions AB -

Comparative Employment Relations explores the interconnectedness of contemporary European economies by examining employment relations in three key European countries: France, Germany and Britain. It offers an in-depth comparative analysis of the issues that stand at the heart of employment relations: pay and working conditions and how these are determined, power relations between capital and labor, how employment should be regulated, and what role the state plays.

PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - London L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Corporate Social Responsibility And Trade Unions: Perspectives From Europe Y1 - 2015 A1 - Preuss, Lutz A1 - Michael Gold A1 - Chris Rees KW - corporate social responsibility KW - CSR KW - employment relations KW - Europe KW - industrial relations KW - labor unions AB -

Growing interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has focused attention on the relationship between businesses and key stakeholders, such as NGOs and local communities. Curiously, however, commentators on CSR rarely discuss the role of trade unions, while commentators on employment relations seldom engage with CSR. This situation is all the more remarkable since unions are a critically important social actor and have traditionally played a prominent role in defending the interests of one key stakeholder in the company, the employee.Written by dedicated experts in their field, this book addresses a key gap in the literature on both CSR and employment relations, namely trade union policies towards CSR, as well as union engagement with particular CSR initiatives and the challenges they face in doing so. The research covers eleven European countries which, when taken together, constitute a representative sample of industrial relations structures across the continent.

PB - Routledge CY - New York L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Finding a Voice at Work?: New Perspectives on Employment Relations Y1 - 2015 A1 - Johnstone, Stewart A1 - Peter Ackers KW - collective bargaining KW - employee involvement KW - employee participation KW - employee voice KW - employment relations KW - employment relationship KW - human resource management KW - industrial democracy KW - trade union AB -

How much ‘say’ should employees have in the running of business organizations and what form should ‘voice’ take? Answers to these questions reflect our fundamental assumptions about the nature of employment relations and inform our views on almost every aspect of human resource management. Voice can mean many things. It can be a synonym for trade union representation, aiming to defend and promote the collective interests of workers, or a means of enhancing employee commitment and organizational performance. Others advocate voice as an alternative to conventional capitalist organizations run for shareholders. There is both a moral and political argument for a measure of democracy at work as well as a business argument which views voice as a potential link in the quest for increased organizational performance. The key debate for employment relations is which of the approaches ‘works best’ in delivering outcomes that balance competitiveness and productivity, on the one hand, and fair treatment of workers and social justice on the other. Policy makers need pragmatic answers to enduring questions: what works best in different contexts, what are the conditions of success, and what are the drawbacks? Some of the most significant developments in employee voice have taken place in Europe with various public policy and employer experiments attracting extensive academic research. This book offers a critical assessment of the main contemporary concepts and models of voice in the UK and Europe and provides an in-depth theoretical and empirical exploration of employee voice in one accessible and cohesive collection.

PB - Oxford University Press CY - New York L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - The Politics of Flexibility: Employment Practices in Automotive Multinationals in Central and Eastern Europe JF - European Journal of Industrial Relations Y1 - 2015 A1 - Drahokoupil, Jan A1 - Myant, Martin A1 - Domonkos, Stefan KW - automotive sector KW - Central and Eastern Europe KW - Czech Republic KW - employment relations KW - flexibility KW - Hungary KW - multinational companies KW - Slovakia AB -

This paper investigates flexibility strategies of automobile producers in nine assembly subsidiaries in three Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEECs). The organization of employment flexibility is an important concern for car makers, as well as for their employees. In CEECs, employment flexibility has become the major employment relations question, and is an area of conflict with unions. Analyzing the processes through which incoming MNCs established their labor flexibility strategies also demonstrates how they coped with the established legal and employment relations environments in the region. This analysis draws on a comparative case study approach, based on information obtained from published sources and semi-structured interviews with management and trade unions, to analyze these processes in nine automobile assembly subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The argument here is that the flexibility strategies were shaped by parent-company flexibility practices, the flexibility needs of individual affiliates, and the relative strength of labor in negotiating the implementation of these practices in the affiliates. Given the relatively weak industrial relations institutions in the region, the relative strength of labor is conditioned primarily by market factors and parent-company contexts. The findings thus highlight the importance of political resources and agency of actors in the MNCs in shaping the employment policies.

VL - 21 L2 - eng UR - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2454669 CP - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Between Consultation and Collective Bargaining? The Changing Role of Non-Union Employee Representatives: A Case Study from the Finance Sector JF - Industrial Relations Journal Y1 - 2014 A1 - Tuckman, Alan A1 - Jeremé Snook KW - collective bargaining KW - employment relations KW - labor relations KW - non-union employee representatives KW - trade unions KW - unionism AB -

This article reviews the roles and activities of non-union employee representatives (NERs) acting as forum officers in a large Internet finance company. Currently there is little academic coverage concerning NERs in this sector, including their contributions to employment relations, their motivations and orientations towards representative role and activities, or relations with management and fellow employees. An important precondition to answering one of the main questions asked of NERs is whether such representation constitutes the foundation of some nascent trade unionism, or whether by acting as forum representatives, they are positioning themselves to support management agendas and outlook? The range of data from this article's longitudinal case study, indicating time usage including individual and collective representation, suggests that NERs allegiances and roles remain ambiguous, existing as they do in the intersection between consultation and collective bargaining. An important factor may be their capacity for independent action and independence from senior management.

VL - 45 L2 - eng CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Labour Contracting and Changing Employment Relationships in South Korea JF - Development Policy Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Jong-Woon Lee KW - car industry; KW - contract labor KW - contracting KW - employment relations KW - employment relationships KW - flexibility KW - labor relations KW - South Korea AB -

Not only has there been a growth in the utilisation of non-standard workers in South Korea in recent years, but a qualitative shift has also occurred in the nature of contracting practices. This article attempts to improve understanding of this trend by shedding light on the contradictory nature of the contracting system, while also addressing problems associated with the deployment of an external labour force with fewer employment entitlements on user-firm sites, and the implications of these phenomena for employment practices and workers' rights.

VL - 32 L2 - eng CP - 4 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Building More Effective Labour-Management Relationships Y1 - 2013 A1 - Chaykowski, Richard P. A1 - Robert S. Hickey KW - Canada KW - collective bargaining KW - employment relations KW - labor relations KW - labor-management relations KW - management AB -

Building More Effective Labour-Management Relationships combines valuable insights into new approaches to relationship-building and collective bargaining with unique knowledge and concrete lessons garnered from some of the foremost industrial relations practitioners in Canada.

PB - McGill-Queen's University Press CY - Montreal, Quebec L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Comparitive Employment Relations in the Global Economy Y1 - 2013 A1 - Carola Frege A1 - John Kelly KW - employment relations KW - global economy KW - globalization KW - human resource management KW - industrial relations KW - labor politics KW - political economy AB - "Employment Relations" is widely taught in business schools around the world. Increasingly however more emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relations between employers and workers. It is becoming ever more important to comprehend today’s work and employment issues alongside a knowledge of the dynamics between global financial and product markets, global production chains, national and international employment actors and institutions and the ways in which these relationships play out in different national contexts. This textbook is the first to present a cross-section of country studies, including all four BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India and China alongside integrative thematic chapters covering all the important topics needed to excel in this field. The textbook also benefits from the editors' and contributors' experience as leading scholars in Employment Relations. The book is an ideal resource for students on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate comparative programs across areas such as Employment Relations, Human Resource Management, Political Economy, Labour Politics, Industrial and Economic Sociology, Regulation and Social Policy.(publisher's statement) PB - Routledge CY - London L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession: Findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study Y1 - 2013 A1 - vanWanrooy, Brigid A1 - Helen Bewley A1 - Alex Bryson A1 - John Forth A1 - Stephanie Freeth A1 - Lucy Stokes A1 - Stephen Wood KW - employment policy KW - employment relations KW - human resources KW - labor relations AB -

How have employment relations evolved over the last decade? And how did workplaces and employees fare in the face of the longest recession in living memory? Employment Relations in the Shadow of Recession examines the state of British employment relations in 2011, how this has changed since 2004, and the role the recession played in shaping employees' experiences of work. It draws on findings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study, comparing these with the results of the previous study conducted in 2004. These surveys – each collecting responses from around 2,500 workplace managers, 1,000 employee representatives and over 20,000 employees –provide the most comprehensive portrait available of workplace employment relations in Britain. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the changes made to employment practices through the recession and of the impact that the economic downturn had on the shape and character of the employment relationship.

PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - New York L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Employment Relations on Major Construction Projects: The London 2012 Olympic Construction Site JF - Industrial Relations Journal Y1 - 2013 A1 - Janet Druker A1 - Geoffrey White KW - building trades KW - construction KW - employee relations KW - employment relations AB -

The construction of the London 2012 Olympic Park provided a model of employee relations that crossed organizational boundaries. This model was countercultural, contrasting with the unregulated approaches that are commonplace in construction and contrasting too with collaborative models that have been developed on other major projects.

VL - 44 L2 - eng CP - 5-6 ER - TY - RPRT T1 - Labour Dispute Systems: Guidelines for Improved Performance Y1 - 2013 KW - dispute resolution KW - employment relations KW - ILO KW - industrial relations KW - International Labour Organization KW - labor dispute KW - labor dispute resolution KW - labor dispute settlement AB -

Effective dispute prevention and resolution procedures and mechanisms provide an important underpinning for sound and stable industrial and employment relations. This guide is part of the ILO’s effort to strengthen institutions for the prevention and resolution of labour disputes. It provides advice on the steps to be taken to either revitalize an existing system, or establish an independent institution, ensuring that they operate efficiently and provide effective dispute resolution services.

PB - International Labour Organization (ILO) CY - Geneva, Switzerland L2 - eng UR - http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---dialogue/documents/publication/wcms_211468.pdf ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Research Handbook On The Economics Of Labor And Employment Law Y1 - 2013 A1 - Cynthia L. Estlund A1 - Michael L. Wachter KW - economics KW - economics of labor markets KW - employment law KW - employment relations KW - industrial relations KW - labor economy KW - labor law KW - union organizing AB -

This Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law. In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and employment relations, the volume’s 16 chapters assess aspects of traditional labor law and union organizing, the law governing the employment contract and termination of employment, employment discrimination and other employer mandates, restrictions on employee mobility, and the forum and remedies for labor and employment claims. Comprising a variety of approaches, the Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law will appeal to legal scholars in labor and employment law, industrial relations scholars and labor economists.(publisher's statement)

PB - Edward Elgar Publishers CY - Northampton, MA L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - American Workplace Dispute Resolution in the Individual Rights Era JF - International Journal of Human Rights Management Y1 - 2012 A1 - A. J. Colvin KW - ADR KW - alternative dispute resolution KW - dispute resolution KW - employment relations KW - individual rights AB -

This article presents a theoretical conceptualization of the rise of alternative dispute resolution and its impact on American employment relations in the individual rights era. The idea of an industrial relations system advanced by Dunlop is no longer a plausible general approach for understanding American employment relations given the decline of organized labor. This article examines the question of whether a new individual employment rights-based system of employment relations has replaced it. The old New Deal industrial relations system was based on three pillars: labor contracts that provided a web of rules governing the workplace; economic strikes, actual or threatened, which provided the bargaining power for unions to negotiate these contracts; and labor arbitration, which provided the workplace dispute resolution mechanism for enforcing these contracts. The institutions of the new individual employment rights era can be seen as based on three parallel elements: individual employment rights provide the new web of rules; litigation, actual or threatened, provides the new source of bargaining power for employees; and alternative dispute resolution procedures provide the new workplace-based mechanism for enforcing individual rights. However, each of these elements contains substantial limitations, which makes the institutional structures of the new individual employment rights era something different from a new Dunlopian integrated system.

VL - 23 L2 - eng UR - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/833/ CP - 3 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Trade Unions and Workplace Training: Issues and International Perspectives Y1 - 2012 A1 - Cooney, Richard A1 - Mark Stuart KW - continuing professional development KW - employment relations KW - human resource development KW - skill development KW - trade unions KW - vocational education KW - workplace training AB - Examines the changing role of trade unions in the provision of vocational education, workplace training and skill development. It reflects upon: the role that unions have played in the reform of vocational education and training systems; the nature of union involvement in consultative mechanisms at a national and industry level; the nature of union involvement in skill formation at the workplace; and the development of mechanisms for the articulation of employee voice in the design, delivery and assessment of vocational training. The book provides a collection of studies of Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Norway by leading researchers in the field. Distinctive, accessible and original, all the chapters are written in a style that illustrates the relevance of academic debates and research data to practice and the book includes a number of the chapters written by trade union practitioners.(publisher's statement) PB - Routledge CY - London L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Employment Arbitration: Empirical Findings and Research Needs JF - Dispute Resolution Journal Y1 - 2009 A1 - A. J. Colvin KW - employment arbitration KW - employment relations KW - individual rights KW - mandatory arbitration KW - participation AB -

[Excerpt] There is vociferous opposition to employers forcing pre-dispute arbitration agreements on employees. Critics argue that employees are not voluntary participants in the process, which they say unfairly favors employers. Advocates of mandatory arbitration dispute these charges and argue that arbitration offers employees and employers significant advantages over litigation. For example, they argue, among other things, that that litigation is not as accessible as arbitration because lawyers will not take low value employment cases on a contingency basis.

Critics of mandatory employment arbitration have moved the debate into the legislative arena. Bills have been introduced in state legislatures and in Congress that would, if enacted, substantially change the current arbitration system. For example, the proposed “2009 Arbitration Fairness Act” would amend the FAA to largely overturn Gilmer and Circuit City by expressly invalidating mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements imposed on employees and consumers, and allowing only voluntarily signed, post-dispute arbitration agreements for these classes of claimants.

Empirical research has an important role to play in this debate. By shedding light on how employer-promulgated arbitration systems operate, researchers can inform the discussion of public policy and legislative decision making. This column will look at some recent empirical research to see what it can tell us about the current system of employment arbitration and then identify areas in need of additional research.

VL - 64 L2 - eng UR - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/834/ CP - 3 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - The Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States Y1 - 2005 A1 - S. M. Jacoby KW - capitalism KW - Comparative management KW - corporate governance KW - employee participation KW - employment relations KW - Japan KW - management KW - personnel management AB -

Is there one best way to run the modern business corporation? What is the appropriate balance between shareholders, executives, and employees? These questions are being vigorously debated as layoffs, scandals, and restructurings rattle companies around the world. The common assumption is that globalization is merging the varieties of corporate capitalism. Yet, as this book shows, corporations in Japan and the United States are responding differently to the pressures unleashed by globalization. In America, shareholders have emerged as dominant while employment is more transitory and market-oriented. In Japan, shareholders are gaining influence but employees still play a key role in corporate strategy and governance. In The Embedded Corporation, Sanford Jacoby traces this enduring diversity to national differences in economic history and social norms, and, paradoxically, to global competition itself. The book's vantage point for exploring the varieties of capitalism is the headquarters of large corporations--in particular, their human resources departments, where changes in markets and technology turn into corporate labor policies affecting millions of workers. Jacoby reveals the inner workings of these departments. Despite some cross-fertilization, Japanese and American corporations maintain distinctive approaches to human resource management, with Japanese HR departments occupying a more central position within the corporation. As Jacoby shows, this has important consequences for how firms compete, for corporate governance, and even for the level of inequality in Japan and the United States. The Embedded Corporation is a major contribution to our understanding of comparative management and the relationship between business, society, and the global economy. (from Amazon.com)

PB - Princeton University Press CY - Princeton, N.J. L2 - eng N1 - ID: nyu_aleph001167810; Includes bibliographical references (p. 179]-209) and index. ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Comparative Employee Relations: An Introduction Y1 - 2000 A1 - Eaton, J. KW - employment relations KW - globalization KW - human resource management KW - industrial relations AB -

Provides a concise introduction to employment and industrial relations. Unlike many other textbooks, this adopts a comparative approach, examining the changing nature of employment practices in relation to the processes of globalization, and engaging critically with the literature on Human Resource Management. By taking account of the international dimension of employment relations, this book is at the forefront of new developments in the field.

The thematic approach of Comparative Employment Relations makes it distinctive from the country-by-country studies of this topic. Jack Eaton synthesizes recent work in the field to establish a basis for further study in the most important areas of industrial relations, including Japanese-style employment practices; comparative collective bargaining; the rules of employment and routes to skill formation; collective labour law; globalization and transnational companies. He concludes by examining the prospects for comparative employment relations. By equipping students with a set of useful concepts and perspectives, this book will give them the confidence to explore the now extensive international literature on employment management, and to utilize the methods of comparative analysis in their own work. Essential reading for second- and third-year undergraduates studying business, management, economics and the sociology of work and industry. (publisher's statement)

PB - Polity Press CY - Cambridge, UK L2 - eng ER - TY - BOOK T1 - Mediation and Arbitration of Employment Disputes Y1 - 1997 A1 - Dunlop, J. T. A1 - A. M. Zack KW - ADR KW - alternative dispute resolution KW - dispute resolution KW - employment relations KW - individual rights AB -

For many employers and employees alike, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) offers clear advantage over recourse to a legal system compromised by staggering case loads, Andless appeals, and high litigation costs. Indeed, ADR may prove the best hope for the equitable, affordable, and expeditious adjudication of employment dispute claims. Now, two of the people most responsible for the adoption of due process arbitration standards--standards that finally gave ADR real teeth--take a comprehensive look at due process arbitration in practice and offer policy guidelines, as well as an action plan for establishing mediation and arbitration as the cornerstones of any dispute resolution system. (publisher's statement)

PB - Jossey-Bass Publishers CY - San Francisco L2 - eng ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Symposium on Employment Relations Reform in the World Auto Industry: Introduction JF - The Economic and Labour Relations Review Y1 - 1997 A1 - Lansbury, R. D. A1 - H. C. Katz A1 - Park, F. KW - automobile industry KW - collective bargaining KW - employment relations AB -

The international automobile industry provides a useful basis for examining the degree and nature of change in employment relations under a variety of external conditions. By studying auto firms in various economies, it can be observed how employee relations strategies related to overall governance of the firm, to industry-level structures and institutions, and to the macro-economic and political institutions. These broader institutional arrangements in industrial relations may have a significant effect on how well the industry operates in both the domestic and international marketplace.

VL - 8 L2 - eng UR - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/11/ ER -