Systems Of Employee Representation At The Enterprise

Author : Roger Blanpain
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041140821

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Systems of Employee Representation at the Enterprise by Roger Blanpain Pdf

Amid the trend towards decentralized industrial relations, various new and modified systems of employee representation are taking hold in many countries worldwide. In this highly informative examination of this field of international labour law – originally presented as a series of papers for the 11th JILPT Comparative Labor Law Seminar held in Tokyo in February 2012 – twelve distinguished scholars from Australia, China, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States describe their countries’ current perspectives on this issue, along with their own analysis and commentary. Among the specific questions addressed for each jurisdiction are the following: What is the legal framework for an employee representation system? How is the representative body formed and what are its declared powers? Are there legal mechanisms preventing intervention by the employer? Are non-standard employees involved? What methods of deliberation and decision-making are used? How are the activities of representatives protected? Who bears the costs? What is the relationship with collective bargaining? With labour unions? Each contributor also describes typical ways in which the employee representative system works, offering concrete examples such as dismissal, wage determination, and equal treatment. Some deal with situations in which employee representation is in fact nonexistent or malfunctioning in real workplaces. There is also pervasive attention paid to the fundamental matter of what ‘representation’ is for, and the probable future direction of employee representation. Given the need to secure representation for non-union and non-standard employees at the workplace, these reports on the conditions and new developments in this important field provide ample basis on which to build a better system of employee representation in this era of diversified workforces in the globalized market. Accordingly, this book will prove of inestimable value to practitioners and policymakers in labour and employment law anywhere in the world.

Author : Paul Gollan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849202367

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Employee Representation in Non-Union Firms by Paul Gollan Pdf

`Provides a wide-ranging and though-provoking analysis of non-union forms of employee-representation. While it will unquestionably be of interest to scholars and students specializing in the burgeoning field of non-union employee relations, there is much useful material that could inform union reponses to membership decline′ - British Journal of Industrial Relations `Paul Gollan′s book is an important contribution to our understanding of the significance of non-union employee representation in Britain and its implications for the future of employment relations. It is highly recommended′ - Russell Lansbury, Professor of Work & Organisational Studies, University of Sydney ′Can employees have effective voice without independent collective organisation? In the UK, unlike most of continental Europe, government and employers typically answer yes. Gollan′s detailed study provides sound reasons for scepticism′ - Richard Hyman, Department of Industrial Relations, LSE ′We know very little about the non-union sector in Britain despite the fact that it now embraces the clear majority of the workforce. The publication of Paul Gollan′s Employee Representation in Non-Union Firms therefore represents a very important addition to the field. Based on extensive and detailed in-depth study of some leading non-union employers, it throws new light on the ways in which employee interests are represented in such firms′ - Prof John Kelly, Birkbeck College ′Are non-union systems of representation (NER) an acceptable alternative to union-based systems or do they infact complement more traditional forms of union representation?′ - Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University Robinson College of Business This book is the first of its kind to answer this challenging question. It offers a comprehensive overview of NER in the UK and locates UK practice within an international context. Readers are invited to consider the potential implications and limitations of NER arrangements, and to examine how unions respond to these NER arrangements through bargaining, consultation and representation processes. Throughout issues are addressed on both a macro and micro level. The book reviews the literature and examines current practice using survey data and original case analysis. Engaging readers who are studying industrial relations, human resource management, employee involvement and consultation, unions and management strategy, it will also be appeal to practioners working in these areas. Case Study Material available! Go to the Sample Materials and Chapters link on the left navigation bar to access this excellent additional resource.

Author : Paul J. Gollan,Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Taras,Adrian Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136275531

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Voice and Involvement at Work by Paul J. Gollan,Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Taras,Adrian Wilkinson Pdf

In the last decade, nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. This book examines the purpose, structure, and performance of various types of employee representation bodies created by companies in non-union settings to promote collective forums for voice and involvement at the workplace. This unique volume presents the first longitudinal evidence on the performance, success, and failure of NER plans over an extended time period. Consisting of twelve detailed, in-depth case studies of actual NER plans in operation across four countries, this volume provides unparalleled evidence on such matters as: the motives behind the initial establishment of NER, different organizational forms of NER in industry, key success and failure factors over the long-term, pro and con evaluations for employers and employees, and more. Voice and Involvement at Work captures an unequalled international and comparative perspective through a wide cross-section of different NER forms.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264009431

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Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises A Survey of OECD Countries by OECD Pdf

Presents the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises as well as a comparative overview of main practices and issues related to corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in the OECD area.

Author : Alan Bogg,Tonia Novitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199683130

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Voices at Work by Alan Bogg,Tonia Novitz Pdf

This book investigates the intersection between law and worker voice in a sample of industrialised English speaking countries, namely Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, and USA. While these countries face broadly similar regulatory dilemmas, they have significant differences between their industrial systems and legal cultures

Author : Roger Blanpain,Shinya Ouchi,Takashi Araki
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063706100

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Decentralizing Industrial Relations and the Role of Labour Unions and Employee Representatives by Roger Blanpain,Shinya Ouchi,Takashi Araki Pdf

In countries where collective bargaining is conducted mainly at the industry or regional level, there is often a type of workers representation at the company or establishment level other than a labor union. Where this double form of worker representation that is, labor unions and employee representatives exists, the relationship between the two can present a delicate problem in industrial relations. Decentralizing Industrial Relations is an in-depth country-by-country analysis, for nine major industrial nations, of three essential topics in this area: the relationship between labor unions and employee representatives, the shift in collective bargaining from industry or branch towards the company or establishment level, and the role of labor unions or employee representatives in the flexibilization of labor protective regulations. What emerges in the course of the analysis sheds important light on such crucial factors as the following: the political power of labor unions; the extent to which employee representatives can and do protect workers interests; `single-channel (labor unions only) versus `double-channel systems; invasion of the `turf of labor unions by employee representation systems; and inclusion of disadvantageous working conditions in collective agreements or workplace agreements. In the aggregate, the study finds that, although employers are nowhere completely free to modify working conditions unilaterally, in all countries they can, abetted by the decline of labor unions and an emphasis on `flexibilization, make working conditions increasingly dependent on the individual employment contract. In this global context, the supremacy of labor unions is being questioned. This issue is undoubtedly one that deeply concerns all professionals interested in labor, employment, and industrial relations. This volume in Kluwers Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations series reprints papers submitted to the 8th Comparative Labor Law Seminar (JILPT Tokyo Seminar) held on 21 February, 2006.

Author : Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Gottlieb Taras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315501192

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Nonunion Employee Representation by Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Gottlieb Taras Pdf

Examines the history, contemporary practice, and policy issues of non-union employee representation in the USA and Canada. The text encompasses many organizational devices that are organized for the purposes of representing employees on a range of production, quality, and employment issues.

Author : Björn Gustavsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : UOM:39015018956444

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A Decade of Employee Representation on Company Boards by Björn Gustavsen Pdf

Author : Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Gottlieb Taras
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315501208

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Nonunion Employee Representation by Bruce E. Kaufman,Daphne Gottlieb Taras Pdf

Examines the history, contemporary practice, and policy issues of non-union employee representation in the USA and Canada. The text encompasses many organizational devices that are organized for the purposes of representing employees on a range of production, quality, and employment issues.

Author : Carsten Gerner-Beuerle,Michael Anderson Schillig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191059070

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Comparative Company Law by Carsten Gerner-Beuerle,Michael Anderson Schillig Pdf

Comparative Company Law provides a systematic and coherent exposition of company law across jurisdictions, augmented by extracts taken from key judgments, legislation, and scholarly works. It provides an overview of the legal framework of company law in the US, the UK, Germany, and France, as well as the legislative measures adopted by the EU and the relevant case law of the Court of Justice. The comparative analysis of legal frameworks is firmly grounded in legal history and legal and economic theory and bolstered by numerous extracts (including extracts in translation) that offer the reader an invaluable insight into how the law operates in context. The book is an essential guide to how company law cuts across borders, and how different jurisdictions shape the corporate lifespan from its formation by way of incorporation to its demise (corporate insolvency) and eventual dissolution. In addition, it offers an introduction to the nature of the corporation, the framework of EU company law, incorporation and corporate representation, agency problems in the firm, rights of stakeholders and shareholders, neutrality and defensive measures in corporate control transactions, legal capital, piercing the corporate veil, and corporate insolvency and restructuring law.

Author : Trevor Colling,Mike Terry
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781444323115

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Industrial Relations by Trevor Colling,Mike Terry Pdf

This revised edition of Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice follows the approach established successfully in preceding volumes edited by Paul Edwards. The focus is on Britain after a decade of public policy which has once again altered the terrain on which employment relations develop. Government has attempted to balance flexibility with fairness, preserving light-touch regulation whilst introducing rights to minimum wages and to employee representation in the workplace. Yet this is an open economy, conditioned significantly by developing patterns of international trade and by European Union policy initiatives. This interaction of domestic and cross-national influences in analysis of changes in employment relations runs throughout the volume.

Author : Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317648147

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Board Level Employee Representation in Europe by Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon Pdf

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status. Board level employee representation is viewed as a key element of worker participation in Europe, but there has been only limited international comparative research that establishes what board level employee representatives do and how their activities vary between countries. Based on a large-scale survey distributed to board level employee representatives (circa more than 4,000 respondents), this study identifies the personal characteristics and industrial location of board level employee representatives, what they do and how they interact with other parties within and outside of the company. This study fills in a knowledge gap at a time when policy debates are considering stakeholder models of corporate governance as a means on the way out of the crisis and the achievement of sustainable economies. The book allows direct comparisons between clusters of countries for the first time, as the same survey instrument has been employed in all the participating countries. The research findings demonstrate a large variation in what constitutes board level employee representation in practice, including the relations between board level employee representatives and parties within and external to the company, and the pattern of influence of board level employee representatives on strategic company decision-making. Aimed at practioners, researchers and policymakers alike, this book makes a vital contribution to the field, and will be the definitive work on board-level employee representation for the foreseeable future.

Author : Richard Mitchell,Anthony O'Donnell,Shelley Marshall,Ian Ramsay,Meredith Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317107521

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Law, Corporate Governance and Partnerships at Work by Richard Mitchell,Anthony O'Donnell,Shelley Marshall,Ian Ramsay,Meredith Jones Pdf

This book examines how businesses manage their labour systems, and particularly how they manage the complex interaction of factors which give rise to instances of 'partnership' style relations between businesses and their employees. The book draws from the literature concerning 'Varieties of Capitalism' (VoC) and the different institutional and regulatory designs inherent in different types of political economy. The book is informed by a new and extensive set of empirical data from Australia that examines the activities of national and multinational business corporations, their outlooks and relationships with stakeholders, and relates these to new and evolving theoretical frameworks based in political economy and law. The book places the Australian regulatory model within this international debate, and assesses the extent to which the system does or does not fit into the general categorisation created in the VoC literature.

Author : Sanford M. Jacoby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Employee-management relations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069056103

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Prospects for Employee Representation in the United States by Sanford M. Jacoby Pdf

Author : Arndt Sorge,Niels Noorderhaven,Carla Koen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000935721

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Comparative International Management by Arndt Sorge,Niels Noorderhaven,Carla Koen Pdf

Comparative International Management is a classic textbook for International Business that teaches the core concepts of International Business through a systematic comparison of management practice in countries across the world. This approach, unique to textbooks in the field, highlights cultural and behavioural themes, demonstrates the diversity of practice in global business, and allows for an exploration of globalization. Fully revised and updated, this third edition has been restructured for clarity and ease of use, with new sections covering theoretical underpinnings so that they are easy to understand. Also new to this edition: Coverage of emerging and contemporary issues including environment and sustainability issues; international SMEs and entrepreneurship; technology, AI, and automation; and the future of work post-pandemic Practical application sections to help readers connect theory with practice More coverage of government and non-profit organizations Reflective and problem-solving questions at the end of each chapter With student- and instructor-friendly online resources such as chapter summaries, mini-case scenarios, larger case studies, and PowerPoint slides, this book is essential core reading for advanced level and postgraduate students in International Business and International Management.