Reference book comprising a bibliography aiming to bring together secondary source interdisciplinary material on labour relations in the UK between the years 1880 and 1970 - covers employees attitudes, trade unions and employees associations, employers organizations, the labour market and working conditions, etc.

The bibliography contains references to literature on British industrial relations published in the years 1971 to 1979 inclusive. It includes books, periodical articles, theses, government publications, pamphlets and any other relevant publications. As well as general material on industrial relations, the bibliography includes material on employee attitudes and behaviour, employee organisation, employers and their organisation, collective bargaining, industrial conflict, industrial democracy, the labour market, training, employment, unemployment, labour mobility, pay, conditions and the role of the state in industrial relations. It is cross-referenced and has an author index. It is a supplement to the volume compiled by George Bain and Gillian Woolven (published by the Press in 1979) and for the years since 1980 is itself updated by annual articles in the British Journal of Industrial Relations. The material is arranged by subject, and chronologically within that framework.

This glossary, one of the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the development and current status of labour law and industrial relations issues, including globalization and international labour standards. It provides cross-references between international labour standards, European Union Directives, resolutions and regulations. Definitions from the public domain are taken from legislative and specialized texts dealing with international standards and institutions in general. The glossary explores the most relevant issues surrounding the global debate on the social dimensions of globalization and includes entries on current achievements, debates, ideas and programmes, as highlighted in the 2004 Report of the Director-General on the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization, "A Fair Globalization:The role of the ILO".

uilding good industrial relations is so crucial for any industrial organization. Harmonious relationship between employers and employees (who are the best assets of any organization) contributes to greater productivity and growth. This comprehensive and well-organized text gives an in-depth analysis of the fundamental principles and practice of industrial relations as well as the implementation of labour welfare measures, the social security systems and labour laws, such as the Trade Union Act, 1926, the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, and the Mines Act, 1952. It focuses on the Indian context within the larger global scenario. Divided into four parts—Part I, Industrial Relations; Part II, Industrial Disputes; Part III, Labour Welfare; and Part IV, Safety and Occupational Health, the book provides a detailed discussion on labour-management relations, different aspects of trade unions, and their management and legislative background. Dr. Sivarethinamohan gives a masterly analysis of the major areas of industrial relations, namely, industrial disputes and their resolution, the philosophy of labour welfare as well as the statutory and non-statutory measures for labour welfare, the Government machinery for labour welfare, and collective bargaining which contributes in a significant way to better industrial relations. In the concluding part, the author dwells on industrial accidents and safety for preventing industrial disasters, mines safety and safety management, industrial hygiene, workplace discipline, counselling and the legal framework for industrial safety and health. Key Features : Each chapter starts with a case study written in a story style for a better grasp of the chapter. Provides Case Studies to illustrate the theories discussed. Two Appendices at the end of the book provide the complete text of Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, and Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970. The book’s website, http://www.phindia.com/srm , gives more real-time cases, experimental cases and cases relating to the subject decided by the courts of India as well as those of other countries. Primarily intended as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management and commerce, the book would also be useful to the students pursuing courses in chartered accountancy, ICWA courses, and diploma courses in industrial relations and labour laws. In addition, practising managers should find this book very useful.