Employee Relations: Volume 18 Issue 6

Trade unions and human resource management in Britain: case study evidence from the public sector, utilities and manufacturing

Peter Fairbrother

Observes that there has been much discussion about human resource management (HRM) policies and packages and what their implications may be for trade unionism. Explores the impact…

The path towards greater labour flexibility in Germany: hampered by past success?

Heinz‐Josef Tüselmann

Analyses the tensions between change and continuity in the German model of labour flexibility and examines why recent deregulation and decentralization measures only had a limited…

Trade unions and the training of health and safety representatives in Europe

David Walters

Discusses research into provisions for education and training in health and safety offered by trade unions in a number of European countries. Uses material gathered in the survey…

Employers’ recruitment tools across Europe

Maud Tixier

Throughout Europe, recruitment tools appear remarkably similar. The tools most used across Europe to recruit executives for a company are: application forms, employment interviews…

Chasing the rainbow: how seeking status through strategy misses the point for the personnel function

Derek Torrington, Laura Hall

Personnel functions are increasing their involvement in human resource strategy and decreasing their involvement in operational personnel issues. This is generally seen as being…