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Legitimacy versus incentives: Explaining the difference between early and late union responses to nonstandard employment in the Netherlands Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Jeroen van Veldhoven
With the spread of alternative work arrangements across European labor markets, union responses to nonstandard employment have increasingly received scholarly attention. Based on a process-tracing analysis of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1996, I propose an alternative framework for understanding the divergence between early and late union responses to nonstandard employment. Rather than a choice
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Age dynamics of the gender wage gap: An analysis with matched employer-employee microdata for Spain Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Inés P Murillo Huertas, José L Raymond
The aim of this research is to provide new evidence on the evolution of the gender wage gap by age using matched employer-employee microdata for Spain, taking into account changes across generations with respect to the age dynamics of the pay gap. We propose a wage equation controlling for age effects and their differences by gender. We estimate this equation by year taking advantage of overlapping
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A world systems analysis of union membership and support for government spending on environmental protection Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Josef Ringqvist
This article contributes to debates about trade unions and the environment by studying international variation in the association between union membership and support for government spending on environmental protection. Building on research which demonstrates a positive membership effect on support for environmental protection, the article extends the geographical scope beyond the more economically
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Inefficiencies and bias in first job placement: the case of professional Asian nationals in the United States Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Amit Kramer, Kwon Hee Han, Yun Kyoung Kim, Karen Z. Kramer
We study whether the quality of the first job is lower for professional Asian nationals than for non-Asian nationals in the USA. With over a million professionals from Asia entering the US labor market in the past decade, a potential under placement may be both inefficient and discriminatory. We collected data on all newly hired assistant professors of management in research-intensive (R1) universities
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Flexible work patterns and experiences of the work–family interface among Australian parents Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Stacey Hokke, Simon Mason, Sharinne B Crawford, Amanda R Cooklin, Rebecca Giallo, Shannon K Bennetts
Flexible work is often heralded as a key solution to the work–family ‘juggle’, yet evidence of its effectiveness is mixed, and few studies consider how parents combine flexible work options to balance work and care. This study aimed to examine the interplay between formal (employer-provided) and informal (self-directed) flexible work arrangements and identify usage patterns that support parents’ management
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Medical science an undervalued profession: Strengthening professional identity through union strategy Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Timothy Bartram, Jillian Cavanagh, Pauline Stanton, Matthew Walker, Patricia Pariona-Cabrera, Beni Halvorsen
This paper examines the factors that have led to the undervaluing of the medical science profession and how a union can take a strategic approach to strengthen the professional identity of its memb...
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Legal obstacles and possibilities for environmental bargaining in Australia Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Eugene Schofield-Georgeson
Informed by an emerging discourse in environmental labour studies, this article investigates the legality of environmental bargaining in Australia. It demonstrates that existing enterprise bargaini...
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Regulating for gender equality in the Australian Public Service: Extending Dickens’ tripod of regulation Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-04-06 Sue Williamson, Linda Colley
Western governments have used regulation to progress gender equality for workforces in both the private and public sectors, yet gender equality has not yet been achieved. While governments have use...
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‘What about me?’: An analysis of employers’ engagement with employment service providers in Australia Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Jo Ingold, Angela Knox, Luke Macaulay, Sherrica Senewiratne
This paper examines the under-explored demand-side of active labour market programmes that aim to transition people without jobs into employment. The paper's contribution centres on understanding t...
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What explains the increase in trade union density and female share of union members in the United Kingdom in 2017–2020? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Richard Harris, John Moffat
Trade union density increased for three consecutive years in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2020. This contrasts with a general decline in union membership since 1979. Since union density cont...
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Employment stability and decent work: Trends, characteristics and determinants in a liberal market economy Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Caroline Murphy, Thomas Turner
It is often assumed that the ideological dominance of neoliberalism has profoundly altered job security and long-term employment relationships. Such claims of a more unstable and insecure jobs mark...
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Temporary talent: Wage penalties among highly educated temporary workers in Canada Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-01-29 Rupa Banerjee, Laura Lam, Danielle Lamb
Temporary employment (TE) arrangements have become increasingly common in Canada among both high- and low-skilled workers. In this study, we examine the prevalence and earnings effects of TE across...
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Platform adaptation to regulation: The case of domestic cleaning in Europe Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Nikolaos Koutsimpogiorgos, Koen Frenken, Andrea M. Herrmann
While online platforms were initially applauded for improving services in a range of sectors, they are currently being criticized for ignoring laws and regulations. We analyse the evolution of Help...
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Did trade unions reinforce the neoliberal transformation? The Dutch case Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Saskia Boumans
Union responses to the liberalization of the political economy are often portrayed as either beating the same drum for decades or retreating into the defence of an increasingly small group of core ...
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Through the back-door: How Australia and Canada use working holiday programs to fulfill demands for migrant work via cultural exchange Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Leah F. Vosko
In Australia and Canada, working holidaymaking is rationalized on the basis of encouraging cultural exchange among youth. Yet, in both countries, there is mounting evidence that working holiday pro...
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Is multidimensional precarious employment higher for women? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Inés P Murillo-Huertas, Raúl Ramos, Hipólito Simón, Raquel Simón-Albert
This article examines the relative employment situation of female employees from a novel perspective based on the construction of multidimensional indicators of employment precariousness that allow...
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Job quality and automation: Do more automatable occupations have less job satisfaction and health? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Larry Liu
Social scientists have made predictions about the automation of jobs, as well as the negative consequences that technology has on job quality, but not how these phenomena are connected. Are occupat...
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Climate change and industrial relations: Reflections on an emerging field Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-08-25 Frances Flanagan, Caleb Goods
What does climate change mean for the field of industrial relations? In this article, we argue that a meaningful disciplinary response to climate change requires more than simply widening the scope...
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Towards a relational environmental labour studies Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-07-26 Dimitris Stevis
This essay builds on the contributions to this special issue to advance a historical relational approach to labour studies, industrial relations, and Environmental Labour Studies (ELS) while differ...
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Decent gig work in Sub Sahara Africa? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-06-30 Desmond Tutu Ayentimi, Hossein Ali Abadi, John Burgess
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) economies are entrenched in traditional economic and employment structures driven by the informal sector. There is a small and regulated formal sector, built upon public se...
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Editorial Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Amanda Pyman, Lucy Taksa
We are extremely pleased to provide an editorial introduction to Volume 64(3) of the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) as the incoming Editors-in-Chief based at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia. We welcome our editorial team which aims to be representative of all states and territories in Australia and includes leading academics and industrial relations practitioners with specific expertise
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Addressing inequality: The impetus behind the Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Act 2021 (Cth) Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-06-16 Penny Thew
While this article commences with apologies issued on 8 February 2022 in the Commonwealth Parliament in respect of alleged sexual harassment, workplace bullying and sexual assault, its focus is on ...
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Industrial legislation in Australia in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-22 Shae McCrystal, Daniel Tracey
By contrast with the flurry of legislative activity that accompanied the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the 2021 calendar year was a comparatively quiet one both in the Commonwea...
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Collective regulation and the future of work in the digital economy: Insights from comparative employment relations Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Virginia Doellgast, Ines Wagner
The impact of technological change on employment, inequality and job quality has attracted considerable analysis from both scholars and practitioners. However, less attention has been paid to how d...
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Collaborating for policy impact: Academic-practitioner collaboration in industrial relations research Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Susan McGrath-Champ, Mihajla Gavin, Meghan Stacey, Rachel Wilson
Knowledge co-production between academics and practitioners is increasingly a focus for university workplace contexts. While there is emerging interest in how social science academics can engage with industry to generate impact, little attention has been paid to how one form of practitioner organisation, trade unions, engages with academics to influence policy and member outcomes. In this article,
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Casual truths: What do the data on casual employment really mean? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 David Peetz, Robyn May
We draw on mostly unpublished ABS data to address three related questions: (1) How can we approximate the number of genuinely flexible casual employees? (2) What are the characteristics of work where employees are, or are not, likely to be genuinely flexible casuals? and (3) How many employees are compensated for the disutility of casual employment? Only 6 per cent of leave-deprived workers (1.4% of
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Women, work and industrial relations in Australia in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Talara Lee, Laura Good, Briony Lipton, Rae Cooper
The year 2021 has been momentous for women at work in Australia. Two key themes loom large: first, the highly gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paid and unpaid work, and second, the ongoi...
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Employer and employer association matters in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Michael Barry, Ryan Gould
For employers and their associations, 2021 began with the prospect of significant industrial relation change and a return to business as usual. However, the enduring implications of the pandemic, a...
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The Australian labour market in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-13 Elisa Rose Birch, Alison Preston
This article provides a review of the Australian labour market in 2021. It describes patterns of employment, unemployment and other key labour market outcomes in the year, including wages. In the year to September 2021, total employment increased by 2.6% for males and 2.2% for females, driven by a growth in full-time employment. While most labour market indicators returned to their pre-pandemic levels
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Unions and collective bargaining in Australia in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Mihajla Gavin
This article reviews the year across collective bargaining, union policy and strategy, as well as industrial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the industrial environment rebounded slightly from the initial impact of the pandemic in 2020, similar themes persisted throughout 2021, including declining coverage of employees under collective agreements, a difficult bargaining environment in ‘essential’
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Unbundling workplace conflict: Exploring the relationship between grievances and non-strike industrial actions and the moderating effect of voice mechanisms Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-09 Sung-Chul Noh, Robert Hebdon
Given that an understanding of the inter-relationships among workplace conflict expressions is necessary for effective dispute resolution, this study explores the moderating roles of various types of voice mechanisms in the relationship between grievances and non-strike industrial actions. Using data from the Statistics Canada's Workplace and Employee Survey, we found evidence that a positive relationship
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How do trade unions manage themselves? A study of Australian unions’ administrative practices Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Greg J Bamber, Marjorie A Jerrard, Paul F Clark
Dedication We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable contributions to the research that we discuss here by our dear friend and colleague the late Dr Sandra Cockfield; we miss her greatly. We dedicate this article to her. For a tribute to her see www.monash.edu/vale/home/articles/vale-dr-sandra-cockfield.
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COVID-normal workplaces: Should working from home be a ‘collective flexibility’? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Sue Williamson, Alicia Pearce
Working from home expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. This Controversy examines how working from home was framed and regulated pre-pandemic. We contrast this with the changes made to Australia's industrial award system during the pandemic to increase flexibilities around working from home, in response to a collective need for a responsive safety net. We argue that the conception and regulation
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Major court and tribunal decisions in Australia in 2021 Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Gabrielle Golding
This 2021 annual survey of Australia's significant court and tribunal decisions spans five key areas. First, the focus is on the High Court's clarification around how employment status is to be determined. Secondly, it examines decisions that have continued to arise out of the Coronavirus pandemic with respect to dismissals stemming from mandatory vaccination policies, an employer's liability in respect
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Slowing the treadmill for a good life for All? German trade union narratives and social-ecological transformation Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-04-05 A. Katharina Keil, Halliki Kreinin
The “treadmill of production” economic system increasingly threatens to undermine the foundations of future human welfare. While urgent action is needed, conceptualisations of “the good life” (TGL) as the “imperial mode of living” (IML) of overconsumption are justifications upholding the system and driving forces behind the crises. German trade unions, which, as part of the historic bloc of the growth
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Working towards a green job?: Autoworkers, climate change and the role of collective identity in union renewal Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-03-29 Kori Allan, Joanna Robinson
This article examines the important, yet under-examined, issue of green workforce development and industrial relations and the role of unions and workers in shaping a transition to a green economy. Based on interviews with labour leaders and rank-and-file workers in the auto manufacturing sector in Ontario, Canada, this article interrogates how environmentalism and climate change potentially construct
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Bargaining for work–family benefits in the UK Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Susan Milner
Using data from the Labour Research Department's Payline bank of collective agreements, and drawing on case studies of the (male-dominated) rail transport and (female-dominated) food retail sectors, this article analyses agreement on enhanced work–family benefits, focusing on maternity and paternity leave and pay, and Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and pay. The opportunity structure for bargaining, consisting
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‘Not my task’: Role perceptions in a green transition among shop stewards in the Norwegian petroleum industry Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Camilla Houeland, David Jordhus-Lier
In the petroleum-dependent Norwegian economy, climate change politics challenge the powerful petroleum industry, and Norwegian shop stewards in that industry find themselves in cross-pressures of representation and responsibility. In this article, we investigate what role trade unionists in the oil sector play and can play, in a green and just transition. We analyse data from six focus group interviews
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Modern slavery and the employment relationship: Exploring the continuum of exploitation Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-24 Martijn Boersma, Justine Nolan
The term ‘modern slavery’ constitutes a broad non-legal umbrella term that refers to a range of abusive practices including, but not limited to, forced labour, bonded labour, human trafficking and child slavery. While the most severe forms of labour exploitation represent instances of modern slavery, focusing on labour abuses more broadly is also important as it is not always clear at what point non-compliance
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Making sense of downstream labour risk in global value chains: The case of the Australian cotton industry Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Martijn Boersma, Emmanuel Josserand, Sarah Kaine, Alice Payne
While the efforts by actors on the buyer-side of value chains – such as brands and retailers – to address upstream labour abuses are well documented, there is a lack of research into how actors on the production-side of value chains – such as raw material producers – can identify and address downstream labour risks. This research presents the findings of an action research project that focused on the
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The importance of competition and consumer law in regulating gig work and beyond Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Tess Hardy, Shae McCrystal
Much ink has been spilt on why gig workers should be brought into the protective fold of mainstream employment law. Much less time has been spent considering the advantages and disadvantages of regulating gig work through alternative regulatory frameworks, such as via competition and consumer laws. In part, this is because we generally understand this jurisdiction to be inherently anti-collective.
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Employer constraints on trade union renewal in Chile Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Daina Bellido de Luna
The present article explores the revitalisation strategies developed by a company-level trade union in the food manufacturing industry in Chile. Using qualitative research and building on a case study, the findings suggest that predominant renewal strategies were restructuring through mergers, a variation on the Anglo-Saxon labour-management partnership, and organising based on recruiting new members
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Agents of transition or defenders of the status quo? Trade union strategies in green transitions Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Tobias Kalt
Green transitions create major challenges to union power in carbon-intensive economies as well as opportunities for the renewal of union power. This research asks why sometimes unions oppose or delay green transitions while other times unions are more open to green transitions and may even become strong transition supporters. In drawing on the Power Resource Approach, I argue that unions are neither
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Modern slavery in global value chains: A global factory and governance perspective Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Donella Caspersz, Holly Cullen, Matthew C. Davis, Deepti Jog, Fiona McGaughey, Divya Singhal, Mark Sumner, Hinrich Voss
‘Modern slavery’ describes various forms of severe relational labour exploitation. In the realm of global value chains and global factories that are led by multinational enterprises, modern slavery encompasses practices such as forced labour and debt bondage. Multinational enterprises organise and orchestrate global value chains into global factories that are highly adaptive to market pressures and
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Experiences of precariousness and exploitation of Romanian transnational live-in care workers in Austria Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Lisa Hopfgartner, Christian Seubert, Franziska Sprenger, Jürgen Glaser
Based on conceptualizations of a continuum of exploitation to examine phenomena related to precariousness and modern slavery, this article examined Romanian transnational live-in care workers’ job perceptions based on thematic analysis of qualitative interviews. As a framework, we adopted a five-dimensional concept of work-related precariousness, comprising (1) reproductive–material, (2) social–communicative
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After Rana Plaza: Governing Exploitative Workplace Labour Regimes in Bangladeshi Garment Export Factories Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Stephen J Frenkel, Shahidur Rahman, Kazi Mahmudur Rahman
In 2013, the Rana Plaza disaster highlighted the highly exploitative conditions of the global garment supply chain centred on Bangladesh. Global lead firms and other stakeholders responded by reforming the labour governance system comprising public and private regulations. How can the effects of this new multi-level governance system on worker outcomes (wages, working conditions and workers’ rights)
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Beyond invisibility: Landscapes of intersubjective recognition experienced by cleaners in Australian schools Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Frances Flanagan
Dominant approaches to researching cleaners’ experiences of invisibility and recognition have tended to focus on either the structural determinants of invisibility, such as outsourcing or ‘dirty work’ status, or the ways in which workers seek recognition as a strategy for managing taint. This article uses Honneth's concept of intersubjective recognition as a basis for bringing together structure- and
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‘We’re in the coal business’: Maintaining fossil fuel hegemony in the face of climate change Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Christopher Wright, Randi Irwin, Daniel Nyberg, Vanessa Bowden
Despite the worsening climate crisis and market shifts towards decarbonization, Australia remains heavily invested in carbon-intensive activities. As one of the world's largest exporters of coal and gas, Australian political economy has been dominated over the last several decades by fossil fuel expansionism. In this article, we explore how Australian corporate and political elites have defended the
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Pregnant and jobless: A contextualizing analysis of pregnancy dismissal in Israeli labour court rulings Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Naama Bar-On Shmilovitch, Orna Blumen, Shay S. Tzafrir
Discrimination against pregnant employees is widespread despite labour laws aimed at protecting them. Pertaining to recently emerging research on pregnancy in the workplace, including pregnancy discrimination, this study considered the gravest manifestation of direct discrimination, and one that has been neglected to date: dismissal during pregnancy. Inspired by John's contextual theory, we sought
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Foreign ownership and centralized collective bargaining: Direct and indirect influences Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Uwe Jirjahn
Using firm-level data from Germany, this study examines the link between foreign ownership and the coverage by centralized (multi-employer) bargaining agreements. Conforming to theoretical considerations, the empirical analysis shows that it is important to distinguish between a direct and an indirect influence of foreign ownership on centralized collective bargaining. The direct influence of foreign
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Talking about non-union collective agreements: A union perspective Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-12-08 Lawrence Ben, Alistair McLaren Sage
In a recent contribution in this journal, Mark Bray, Shae McCrystal and Leslee Spiess posed the question, ‘Why doesn't anyone talk about non-union collective agreements?’ Surveying business, government and union perspectives, the authors identified the need for greater attention and research to understand their effect on contemporary Australian industrial relations. This article serves as a response
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Outsourcing the enforcement of modern slavery: Overcoming the limitations of a market-based disclosure model Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Hannah Harris, Justine Nolan
Recent legislative efforts to address modern slavery emphasise corporate disclosure as the primary regulatory tool. New modern slavery disclosure laws harden the expectation that business will conduct itself responsibly; however, they are founded on a soft approach to enforcement which is essentially outsourced to the market. This paper questions the effectiveness of this disclosure-based enforcement
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Will Business and Human Rights regulation help Rajasthan's bonded labourers who mine sandstone? Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-11-30 Shelley Marshall, Kate Taylor, Tim Connor, Fiona Haines, Sara Tödt
Some of the worst human rights conditions globally are found in Rajasthan’s sandstone quarries. This paper asks if state-based regulation in the economic-North advanced under the Business and Human Rights agenda: disclosure-based regimes, due diligence compliance regimes and trade-based regimes, could advance efforts to improve respect for human rights in this sector. It adopts fields of struggle lens
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Tribute to Bradon Ellem Joint Editor-in-Chief, 2006-2021 Journal of Industrial Relations Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Stephen Clibborn,Rae Cooper,Alex Veen,Chris F Wright
This issue of the Journal of Industrial Relations is dedicated to the outgoing Joint Editors-in-Chief, Professor Bradon Ellem and Professor Marian Baird. Here we pay tribute to Bradon’s work and contribution to the Journal and to the wider field of industrial relations scholarship. Bradon’s achievements as Joint Editor-in-Chief are considerable. To put these achievements in context it is important
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Dvera I Saxton, The Devil's Fruit: Farmworkers, Health, and Environmental Justice Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Braham Dabscheck
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Editorial Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-10-30 Bradon Ellem, Marian Baird, Stephen Clibborn, Rae Cooper, Alex Veen, Chris F Wright
The November 2021 issue of the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) marks the official end of this editorial term. In this editorial, we round out our terms as editors by reflecting on the trajectory of the journal in the recent past and locating it in the wider field of industrial relations understood in terms of social practice, research and teaching.
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Tribute to Marian Baird AO Joint Editor-in-Chief, 2009-2021 Journal of Industrial Relations Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-10-29 Stephen Clibborn,Rae Cooper,Alex Veen,Chris F Wright
We are honoured to pay tribute to the Journal of Industrial Relations outgoing Joint Editor-in-Chief, Professor Marian Baird. Like her long-time Joint Editor-in-Chief, Professor Bradon Ellem, Marian’s contributions to the Journal and to the wider industrial relations field are broad and significant. In the following tribute, we outline Marian’s academic career and achievements which are more notable
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Revisiting voluntarism: Private voluntary regulation by Employer Forums in the United Kingdom Journal of Industrial Relations (IF 3.189) Pub Date : 2021-09-15 Philippe Demougin, Leon Gooberman, Marco Hauptmeier, Edmund Heery
The abstract contributes to the literature by identifying a new form of voluntarism, the employer-led voluntarism of Employer Forums in the United Kingdom. Forums carry out private voluntary regulation to raise labour and social standards within their member firms through introducing codes of conducts and implementing norms through assessments, benchmarking, and certification. The article compares