The changing nature of the employment contract

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UK employment contracts and corporate cultures have undergone a radical transformation, as employers have replaced guarantees of permanent employment with non-standard contracts, temporary and part-time work, flexible hours, and telecommuting. Contractual relationships in the public sector, and local governments in particular, have changed the most, as working arrangements have been decentralized. Homeworking, annual hours, and personal, fixed-term, and zero hours contracts have become commonplace. Local contracts involving university lecturers or National Health Service employees are also discussed.

Interpretation and construction, Labor contracts

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Modernising collective bargaining at Honeywell Control Systems

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Both collective bargaining and corporate culture at Scotland's Honeywell Control Systems have been radically reshaped. The company introduced teamworking, total quality management and other changes through business process redesign techniques which were then applied to the process of negotiating the labor contract. The process of transforming the company's culture helped management and the union acknowledge and change the confrontational nature of their relationship.

Management, Contracts, Collective bargaining, Collective labor agreements

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Modernising industrial relations at AT&T

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AT&T and its recognized unions set contract provisions for the program Workplace of the future which sets out cooperative methods allowing union representatives to participate in corporate planning. Labor representatives and company officials work together on planning councils regarding human resources, business planning and workplace issues. Employees who participate in the programs responded favorably to the program's initiatives.

Usage, Evaluation, Human resource management, AT&T Corp., T, Labor relations, Labor-management committees

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