Great Britain

Susan Corby and Pete Burgess
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Susan Corby: University of Greenwich
Pete Burgess: University of Greenwich

Chapter 5 in Adjudicating Employment Rights, 2014, pp 80-95 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Until the 1970s the law was used only in exceptional circumstances in the employment sphere and the rights and interests of British workers were protected by trade unions and the collective agreements which they had concluded with employers. In the last four decades, however, there has been a significant decrease in trade union density and coverage of the workforce by collective agreements has waned (Brownlie, 2012). Concomitant with this decline there has been a growth in individual statutory rights mainly, but by no means wholly, emanating from the European Union. As a result, British employment relations, which half a century ago were voluntarist and collective, are now subject to legal adjudication mainly, but not exclusively, by labour courts known as employment tribunals (ETs).

Keywords: Collective Agreement; Civil Court; Judicial Discretion; Labour Court; Unfair Dismissal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137269201_5

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