Harmonisation of Employment Conditions in Britain The Changing Workplace Divide since 1950 and the Implications for Social Structure

Name: Harmonisation of Employment Conditions in Britain The Changing Workplace Divide since 1950 and the Implications for Social Structure
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ISBN: 9780333717141

ISBN-10: 0333717147

ISBN-13: 9780333717141

Edition: 1998

Authors: Alice Russell

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Alice Russell examines how traditional workplace divides have disappeared in recent decades, and explores the spread of harmonised employment conditions in Britain from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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List price: $99.50
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.66" long
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




Introduction


The Workplace Divide and the 'Bourgeois Worker'


Objectives of the Book



The Economic Context, Government Policy and Problems for Employers


The Challenge of Economic Change, Government Policy and Global Competition


Productivity, Labour Costs and Industrial Relations, 1950-79


Recession, Uncertainty and the Quest for Flexibility since 1979



Staff Status and Harmonized Conditions: The British Models?


Staff Status for Some


Staff Status for All


The Public Sector


After Privatization



Single Status in Britain: The American Models?


The Early Model


The Adapted Model


Later Models



Single Status in Britain: The Japanese Models?


Japanese Companies in Britain


Japanized Companies in Britain



New Technology and Harmonization


New Site, New Technology and Harmonized Conditions


Old Site, New Technology and Harmonized Conditions



Deregulation, Decentralization and Harmonization


Harmonization without Unionization


Harmonization with Single Unionism


Harmonization with Single-table Bargaining



Payment Structures and Harmonization


Harmonization of Pay Systems, Methods and Frequency of Pay



In Retrospect


The Causes of Change and Employees' Reactions


Government Policy and Legislation


Harmonized Conditions, but 'Only at the Leading Edge'?


Has the Bourgeois Worker Arrived at Long Last?


A New Divide in the Workplace?


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index