Employee Relations (MAN4220M, MSc)
Seminar week 8: The debate on Silicon Valley - Skills in open labour markets
- The Silcon Valley Gateway
- SiliconValey.com
- Silicon Valley Slang
- Sophia Antipolis, France
- Bangalore, India
- Zhong Guan Cun, China
Seminar week 9: Female employment in the UK - welfare regimes and the gender pay gap
- 'PM urges progress on UK pay gap' (BBC, 27/02/2006)
- 'Companies to be forced to reveal gender pay gap' (Guardian, 24/04/2009)
- 'Gender pay gap "not being closed"' (BBC, 29/07/2009)
Seminar week 11: Globalization and International Labour Standards
- 'Anger at Peugeot decision to quit Britain' (Guardian, 19/04/2006)
- 'Made in Britain: A service economy' (Independent, 26/04/2006)
- 'Union seeks worker compensation' (Guardian, 28/08/2006)
- 'Low wage competition isn't to blame for Western job losses and inequality' (Guardian 09/01/2007)
- 'Child labour scandal hits Adidas' (Observer, 19/11/2000)
- 'Gap admits to child labour violations in outsource factories' (Guardian, 13/05/2004)
- 'Contrite Gap admits some of its clothes may still be made by children' (Guardian, 14/07/2005)
Useful web sites
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Trade unions
- Trades Union Council (TUC): National Trade Union Centre representing the majority of Uk trade unions
- UNISON: Britain's biggest public sector union
- Unite (TGWU): The UK's largest trade union )merger T&G and Amicus)
- Labour Research Department: Promotes and carries out research on labour-related issues
Employers
- Confederation of British Industry (CBI): The UK's main representative organisation for employers
- Federation of Small Businesses (FSB): UK's main representative organisation of the self-employed and owners of small firms
- British Chambers of Commerce
Government
Other
- Chartered Institute for Personal and Development (CIPD)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO): UN agency to advance worldside working conditions
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT): Conducts research on labour issues and policies in Japan and worldwide
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS): Independent body to improve UK employment relations