This is the first of two articles which describes the operation of third party intervention in New Zealand. It explores the changes that have occurred to union registration; the Labour Court and Compliance Orders brought about by the introduction of the Labour Relations Act of 1987. The article...

In this, the second, article on the operations of third party intervention in New Zealand the processes of conciliation, mediation and arbitration on the resolution of personal grievances, disputes of right and disputes of interest are discussed. The legal enforceability of awards and agreements...

Aims to examine the impact of health and safety legislation emanating from the European Community and to analyse what effect, if any, it will have on British occupational health and safety law. An examination of the social action programmes shows that the pace of change has increased rapidly...

In 1977 construction began on the first nuclear reactor in the Phillipines, part of an ambitious development program initiated by the Marcos dictatorship. As well as aiding the growth of industry, this program was to bring electricity to the urban and rural poor. Walden Bello, John Harris, and...

This paper investigates intermediate input effects and labor pooling in the context of urban informality, examining the handicraft industry of Nairobi, Kenya. The paper tests if conditions found in informality interfere with transition pathways in production clusters. 102 semi-structured...

This paper considers good practice in the use of physical interventions. It describes work undertaken to establish a consensus around policy principles in relation the use of personal restraints in response to violent behaviour by adults and children with a learning disability or autism. It...

The following paper looks at the experiences of female football (soccer) players at a College of Higher Education in the South of England. Association Football occupies a special place in English society where it has traditionally been linked to notions of toughness, manliness and hegemonic...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate, through the lens of the principal–agent problem, the relationship between payment of National Hockey League (NHL) salaries and player performance during the period of 2005-2011 and explore the inherent issues within the NHL player compensation and...