Introducing Employment Relations

By Steve Williams

As the most trusted and thought-provoking introduction to employment relations, this book examines the key issuer from a critical perspective using the latest research and a wealth of real-life examples and carefully designed learning features. The book goes beyond merely describing the regulation of work and employment relationships to examine how they are experienced and contested by employees, both collectively and individually. This multi-perspective approach highlights the relevance of employment relations for people around the world, as well as for organizations, for policy makers, and for wider society. Case studies featuring Deliveroo, Uber, the junior doctors' dispute, and the Southern Rail strikes bring the significance of the subject in contemporary workplaces and societies to life. Engaging learning features then provide historical, legal, and international context, as well as encouraging you to reflect on the key issues at play. Highlights of the fourth edition include: A brand new chapter on globalization and employment relations presents an alternative perspective from which to evaluate the conduct and consequences of employment relations, covering multinational companies, labour codes of conduct, and international trade unions. New material on economic and labour markets, and discussion of neoliberalisim and financialization. The chapter on resolving labour conflict now delivers critical consideration of conflict management in practice, whether in the context of managing disciplinary procedures, grievances, or mediation arrangements. Extensively updated case studies, legislation, and research reflect employment relations in the contemporary workplace. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198777124
• ISBN13: 9780198777120
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 9.6"