The handbook of employment relations :  law & practice / 
edited by Brian Towers. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - London ;  Kogan Page,  2004. 
 - xvi, 432 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0749442085 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Industrial relations--Great Britain.<br/>Labor laws and legislation--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.4201  / HAN