Terms and Conditions of Employment in UK Law
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Business transfers and contracting out. Compulsory competitive
tendering in tatters?
Compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) and market testing are central and controversial planks of government economic policy. Critics question the level of efficiency gains which flows from the pro...... ... cases concerning conflicts between employment protection available toworkers under European ... transfer of employees and their existing terms and conditionsfrom one employer to another on the ... for remuneration and working conditions. EU social policies reflect abelief in the need ... ...
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Individualizing employee relations. The myth of the personal contract
Focuses on the introduction of personal contracts to replace terms and conditions of employment derived from collective agreements in light of the findings from three surveys of employer organizati...... ... collective bargaining to determine terms and conditions ofemployment[2]. The 1995/96 ... to by 550employers and dealt with employment contract practices[3].The questionnaire surveys ... ...
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Business transfers, employers’ strategies and the impact of recent case law
Under the European Union’s 1977 Acquired Rights Directive, workers transferred to another employer can expect the majority of their original terms and conditions of employment to be protected and c...... ... tendering, Employee rights, Employment contracts,Employment law, European UnionAbstract ... can expect the majority of their original terms and conditions of employment tobe protected and ... ...
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Labour Relations Problems for Managers
Those people who have managerial responsibilities for industrial relations at plant and industry level in Britain today probably have more constraints upon their decision‐making than at any other p...... ... for managements to negotiate changes in the terms and conditions of employment of their employees ... ...
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Job‐to‐job turnover and job‐to‐non‐employment movement. A case study investigation
This paper analyses an establishment‐based data set of voluntary quits. Exit interview data identifies two discrete types of quitters, viz. those who quit to accept alternative jobs offering superi...... ... those who quit to accept alternative jobs offeringsuperior terms and conditions of employment and those who quit for other reasons and ... ...
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Vaxholm/Laval case: its implementations for trade unions
Purpose: The purpose of this editorial is to examine the implementations of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in December 2007 on the Laval case in Sweden for trade unions. Design/methodo...... ... are complying with theminimum employment standards as laid down in the host country ... provider to provide better termsand conditions of employment than that provided by the laws of ... meant thatit was covered by the basic terms of the construction covered sector ... ...
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Badges of Modern Slavery
Notwithstanding the 19th century formal abolition of slavery as legal ownership of people, modern slavery and forced labour have not been consigned to the past. In fact, their existence is more wid...... ... of the vulnerable, lack of consent, terms and conditions of employment, limits on the power ... ...
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Industrial Relations Systems and US Foreign Direct Investment Abroad
Five readily distinguishable industrial relations systems are identified based on differences in education levels, hourly compensation costs and various government and collective bargaining constra...... ... placed on management’s freedom to set the terms and conditions of employment. A model of ... ...
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The War on Europe’s Waterfront — Repertoires of Power in the Port Transport Industry
When the European Commission proposed a Directive On Market Access to Port Services in February 2001, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) issued a declaration of war on Europe’s w...... ... To protect established terms and conditions of employment in the port ... ...
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Supply chains and labour standards in China
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relations between supply chain strategies and impact on terms and conditions of employment of multinational corporations operating in China. Design/methodol...... ... strategies and impact onterms and conditions of employment of multinational corporations ... However, size, as measured in terms of number of employees, does not seem a ... ...
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