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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the response of industrial relations systems to the current financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach – This editorial outlines the effect of the financial crisis on industrial output, unemployment and redundancies. It then examines the...
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plan to restructuring, in order to fight redundancy at the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses a new … redundancy. Practical implications – The research results inform unions' practices and policy making with regard to the social … collective redundancy in Belgium.  …
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response to employer redundancy initiatives. Design/methodology/approach – The data are based on analysis of secondary … some modest substantive gains, such as enhancing redundancy payments. The tactic of workplace occupation was also found to … the tactic of workplace occupation in response to redundancy runs the risks of potential judicial injunction and sanction …
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Purpose – This article aims to examine recent labour struggles against mass redundancies in France. It seeks to understand the well reported incidences of direct action within the terrain of how industrial relations operate and are governed. Design/methodology/approach – Primary and...
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The 1965 Redundancy Payments Act was amended by the 1975 Employment Protection Act to give substantial rights to trade … impending job losses. In investigating 74 incidences of redundancy, covering 10,500 workers, it was found that these rights have …
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Examines four recent employee relations issues in Singapore. These include dependency on foreign workers, an ageing workforce, impact of companies relocating their labour‐intensive industries to other countries, and problems related to privatization of government‐linked companies. The...
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, redundancy etc), identifying some of the factors that influence management’s choice between them. It then proceeds to use a WIRS …” adjustment were different from those associated with “compulsory redundancy”. In particular, variables reflecting “good …
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A survey of how redundancy situations are handled and carried out among 80 organisations reached through the Manchester …‐depth research. Managerial styles of handling redundancy vary, possibly reflecting the prevailing circumstances for the individual …
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As a result of industrial change it can be predicted that there will be a developing interest in redundancy advisory …
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Voluntary redundancy (VR) has become a widespread phenomenon in British industrial relations. Combined with redundancy …. This obscures the complexity of redundancy and provides no guidelines for analysis. A conceptual development is needed … which will enable an investigation of the full range of variables attached to the redundancy process. Characteristics of VR …
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