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Raising the Standard? The Regulation of Employment, and Public Sector Employment Policy

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This article describes developments in employment regulation in 2005 and assesses how far these measures fulfilled the Government’s pledges to the union movement made in the Warwick Agreement. It also examines the Government’s behaviour as an employer, and the interplay between public and private sector employment practice. It concludes that there was limited evidence of Government commitment to the traditional conception of the good employer. There was also little sign of the public sector being used to promote a coherent model of employment practice to private sector employers in 2005. Direct regulation of the employment relationship was more in evidence.

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  • Helen Bewley, 2006. "Raising the Standard? The Regulation of Employment, and Public Sector Employment Policy," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 44(2), pages 351-372, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:brjirl:v:44:y:2006:i:2:p:351-372
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00504.x
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    1. Thorsten Schulten & Torsten Brandt & Christoph Hermann, 2008. "Liberalisation and privatisation of public services and strategic options for European trade unions," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 14(2), pages 295-311, May.
    2. Les Worrall & Kim Mather & Roger Seifert, 2010. "Solving the Labour Problem Among Professional Workers in the UK Public Sector: Organisation Change and Performance Management," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 10(2), pages 117-137, June.

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