TY  - BOOK
AU  - Towers,Brian
TI  - The handbook of employment relations: law & practice 
SN  - 0749442085 (pbk.)
U1  - 344.4201 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Kogan Page
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Labor laws and legislation
N1  - Includes index; Contributors. - Foreword. - Introduction to the fourth edition. - Part I: The background. 1. Overview: the changing employment relationship. 2. The influence of the european unoin. 3. Britain in the global economy. 4. Employment relations in the information society. - Part II: The law. 5. Overview: the law and the employment relationship. 6. Unfair dismissal. 7. Collective rights: recognition, representation and industrial action. 8. Discrimination in employment. 9. Pay, working time and individual employment rights. 10. Health and safety. - Part III: Alternatives to the law. 11. Alternative dispute resolution. 12. Arbitration and unfair dismissal: the ACAS scheme. - Part IV: Employment relations practice. 13. Overview: approaches to managing the employment relationship. 14. Trade unions and the employment relationship. 15. Employment relations in smaller firms. 16. Employment relations procedures. 17. Pay and performance. 18. Managing sickness and absence. 19. Managing health and safety. 20. Managing training and development. 21. Managing change in the employment relationship. - Index
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