Statutory Regulation and Employment Relations - The Impact of Statutory Trade Union Recognition

A comprehensive socio-legal evaluation of the 2000 statutory recognition procedure over ten years of its operation. Whilst exploring its implications for the so-called UK 'voluntarist' approach to regulating industrial relations, the authors argue that the effectiveness of the procedure was constrained by its design.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Locating the 2000 Statutory Recognition Procedure 2. A Legislative Prompt? The TUC Perspective on the 2000 Recognition Procedure 3. Third Time Lucky? - The Operation and Outcomes of the Statutory Recognition Procedure 4. Challenging Recognition - The Legitimacy of Employer Behaviour 5. Organising for Recognition - Union Strategies 6. Be Careful What You Wish For - Unfair Practices and the Law 7. The Fragmentation of Representation - 'Contract-based Recognition' 8. The Future for Statutory Recognition

About the author

Sian Moore is Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the Centre for Employment Studies Research (CESR), Bristol Business School, the University of West of England, UK.
Sonia Mckay is Professor of European Socio-Legal Studies at the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, UK.
Sarah Veale is Head of the Equality and Employment Rights Department at the Trade Union Congress, UK.

Summary

A comprehensive socio-legal evaluation of the 2000 statutory recognition procedure over ten years of its operation. Whilst exploring its implications for the so-called UK 'voluntarist' approach to regulating industrial relations, the authors argue that the effectiveness of the procedure was constrained by its design.

Product details

• Authors: McKay, S Mckay, S. McKay, Moore, S Moore, S. Moore, S Veale, S. Veale
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781349438327
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43832-7
• No. of pages: 265
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 15 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 356 g
• Illustrations: XII, 265 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law; B, Sociology, Law, Human Resource Management, Political Sociology, International Relations, biotechnology, Politics & government, Sociology, general, Political Economy, Fundamentals of Law, Personnel Management, Jurisprudence & general issues, Sociology: work & labour, Management science, Law—Philosophy, International Political Economy, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Design;employment;evaluation;law;trade