Restructuring UK local government employment relations: pay determination and employee participation in tough times

Stephen Bach and Alexandra Stroleny
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Stephen Bach: King’s College, London
Alexandra Stroleny: King’s College, London

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2014, vol. 20, issue 3, 343-356

Abstract: The Conservative-led coalition government has been committed to shrinking the state and this has had a major impact on local government. This article examines the consequences of austerity measures for staff participation and pay determination in UK local government. Local government has been particularly hard hit by austerity measures and this has encouraged employers to change terms and conditions, review forms of staff participation and cut jobs. The implications for the institutional resilience of systems of employment regulation and employee involvement in the sector are considered.

Keywords: Austerity; local government; employee participation; crisis; wage cuts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1024258914535546

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