Employment Relations
New Zealand and Abroad

A.J.Geare & F.J. Edgar

Key Points

• A comprehensive introduction to employment relations
• Useful resource book for students and practitioners
• Includes international case studies
• Part 2 outlines New Zealand practice

The Book

This comprehensive book describes current practice in industrial relations, using case studies from Australia, the US, the UK and New Zealand. It provides some historical background and introduces key concepts in the field.

Discussion includes what is an employee / employer, what are unions and their roles, industrial relations objectives, and the dynamics of interactions such as bargaining. The book examines also addresses issues such as wages, work flexibility, participation and equal employment opportunities.

Contents

PART 1 General Introduction

A The Framework
1 Introduction to Employment Relations
2 The State
3 Managers and Employers
4 Employees and their Organisations
5 The Objectives of the Parties
B Interactions
6 Interpretation Skill
7 Bargaining
8 Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
9 Discipline and Dismissals
10 Industrial Conflict
C Issues
11 Wages
12 Equal Employment Opportunities
13 Participation
14 Labour Market Flexibility
15 The Future

PART 2 The New Zealand System

16 Introduction
17 Arbitration Era
18 Collective Bargaining Era
19 Laissez-Faire Era

Appendix
References
Table of Cases
Index

Author

A.J. Geare is a Professor in the Management Department at the University of Otago. He has worked as a consultant to many organisations and unions and has been an adjudicator and mediator member of New Zealand's Employment Tribunal.

F. J. Edgar teaches and researches in human resource management, industrial relations and management theory at the University of Otago.

Employment / industrial relations / arbitration
paperback, 400 pp approx, ISBN 978 1 877372 43 8, $60.00