The present Government is not the first to want to seek the demise of Wages Councils. However, its reasons for this are different than previous governments. The present Government wishes to abolish or reform the Wages Council system as a means of freeing the labour market, whilst previous Governments have wished to see them ended and replaced by voluntary collective bargaining arrangements. This economic perspective will seek to evaluate the case for and against the proposed wage council reforms
This policy document was compiled from the DPRU Working Paper 09/135, Analysing Wage Formation in th...
For most of the twentieth century, collective bargaining provided the terms on which labour was comm...
Collective bargaining (coupled with the right to strike) has become a primary means to force employe...
The present Government is not the first to want to seek the demise of Wages Councils. However, its r...
After some observations about the developing history of wages council system (including the current...
The 1993 Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act removed the remaining minimum wage protection ...
The present government's economic strategy is designed to reduce the rate of inflation by controllin...
The present Government has laid considerable emphasis on the notion that workers can, and indeed sho...
This paper considers government labour policy concerning wage determination vis-à-vis the reality on...
The main object of my paper is to draw your attention to Britain's rather curious way of handling st...
This national report examines the use of social dialogue in wage setting in the UK. It forms part of...
The Trade Boards Act 1909 was a landmark in the development of minimum wage regulation in Britain an...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to reassert the persistent association of the d...
Over the last four decades, the decline of trade unions and weakened collective voice of the UK work...
M.Comm. (Labor Relations)Jan Hiemstra of Barlow Rand, as quoted by Kate Jowell in 1989, had passed t...
This policy document was compiled from the DPRU Working Paper 09/135, Analysing Wage Formation in th...
For most of the twentieth century, collective bargaining provided the terms on which labour was comm...
Collective bargaining (coupled with the right to strike) has become a primary means to force employe...
The present Government is not the first to want to seek the demise of Wages Councils. However, its r...
After some observations about the developing history of wages council system (including the current...
The 1993 Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act removed the remaining minimum wage protection ...
The present government's economic strategy is designed to reduce the rate of inflation by controllin...
The present Government has laid considerable emphasis on the notion that workers can, and indeed sho...
This paper considers government labour policy concerning wage determination vis-à-vis the reality on...
The main object of my paper is to draw your attention to Britain's rather curious way of handling st...
This national report examines the use of social dialogue in wage setting in the UK. It forms part of...
The Trade Boards Act 1909 was a landmark in the development of minimum wage regulation in Britain an...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to reassert the persistent association of the d...
Over the last four decades, the decline of trade unions and weakened collective voice of the UK work...
M.Comm. (Labor Relations)Jan Hiemstra of Barlow Rand, as quoted by Kate Jowell in 1989, had passed t...
This policy document was compiled from the DPRU Working Paper 09/135, Analysing Wage Formation in th...
For most of the twentieth century, collective bargaining provided the terms on which labour was comm...
Collective bargaining (coupled with the right to strike) has become a primary means to force employe...