International & Comparative Employment Relations
(MAN0324M, UG, 3rd year)
Lecture 5: welfare regimes
- 'Is small government best for society?' (Guardian, 03/02/2010)
Seminar 2: 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 3: 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)
- 'Equal pay for women not likely until 2067' (Guardian, 19/08/2010)
Seminar 4: International borrowing - The case of Japanization
- 'Nissan Sunderland retains top spot for productivity' (Telegraph, 09/07/2003)
- 'Training honour for Nissan Sunderland' (TJ Online, 14/06/2007)
- 'Nissan to cut 1,200 jobs in Sunderland' (Telegraph, 08/01/2009)
- 'Nissan to create hundreds of jobs' (BBC, 20/07/2009)
- 'Nissan's Sunderland plant could build new electric cars' (Sunderland Echo, 18/12/2009)
Useful web sites
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that these links are valid and up-to-date, some changes may have occured. If you have a problem accessing any of these sites, please let me know.
- Trades Union Council (TUC): National Trade Union Centre representing the majority of Uk trade unions
- Labour Research Department: Promotes and carries out research on labour-related issues
- European Commision
- 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