Voices At Work - Continuity and Change in the Common Law World

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

About the author

Alan Bogg is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Oxford. Alan's research focuses predominantly on theoretical issues in domestic, European and International labour law. His book 'The Democratic Aspects of Trade Union Recognition' was published in 2009 by Hart Publishing. It was awarded the SLS Peter Birks' Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2010.

Tonia Novitz is Professor of Labour Law at the University of Bristol. She is a member of the editorial board of the UK Industrial Law Journal, with special responsibility for the Recent Legislation section. She writes on UK labour law, international labour standards, EU social policy, EU external relations, and mechanisms for the protection of human rights.

Summary

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

Additional text

From evaluative descriptions of existing voice-related mechanisms, to theoretical engagements with the purpose and methods of securing workers rights to speak and contest, the book offers a richly textured set of chapters that engage with worker voice in multifaceted ways.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Bogg, Alan (Professor of Labour Law Bogg, Alan L. Novitz Bogg, Bogg Alan, Tonia Novitz, Tonia (Professor of Labour Law Novitz, Novitz Tonia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9780199683130
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968313-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Common, comparative law, Common Law, Employment & Labour Law, Systems of law: common law, Employment and labour law: general, Industrial relations & trade unions law, Industrial relations and trade unions law