Employment Rights Publications
Resolving Employment Rights Disputes Through Mediation: The New Zealand Experience and ACAS Arbitration
By Susan Corby
Published in May 1999
This book is the second in a series of Comparative Notes published by the Institute of Employment Rights.
The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 introduced mediation as an alternative to Tribunals for resolving unfair dismissal disputes.
This booklet, with a foreword by Angela Foulkes, Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, looks at the differences between conciliation, mediation and arbitration, as forms of alternative dispute resolution and concludes that mediation is by far the most effective.
Low pay, the working of the labour market and the role of the minimum wage
by Sanjiv Sachdev and Frank Wilkinson
Published in May 1998
The authors highlight the positive contribution a national minimum wage can make to the economy if set at a high enough level. They provide figures about the effects of a minimum wage across different industries and occupations. The authors refute the argument that a NMW will cause job losses or inflation and warn that setting a minimum wage too low may deal with the worst excesses of employer power but will fail to tackle the economic problems underpinning the economy.
Comparative Notes: Tradition and Change in Australian Labour Law
By Anthony Forsyth
Published in April 1998
This is the first in a series of comparative papers outlining how labour law operates in other countries and highlighting lessons to be learned from the experiences of workers from around the world.
In Defence of Trade Unionism
By Jim Mortimer
Published in April 1998
The text of a lecture given by Jim Mortimer (with an introduction by John Hendy QC) to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Institute.
Labour standards – essential to economic and social progress
by Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson
Published in May 1996
Cambridge economists argue that an essential ingredient of a successful economy is fair treatment for the workforce based on decent wages and conditions including employment laws in line with best international practice. They conclude that Britain cannot compete with the Asian Tiger economies on the basis of low wages and non-existent rights at work.
Price £6/£20
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