Williams & Adam-Smith: Contemporary Employment Relations
Chapter 8
Experiencing employment relations
The Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service’s (ACAS) website contains a wealth of useful information, including guidance on grievance and disciplinary hearings.
www.acas.org.uk/
Further information about the Employment Act 2002, which introduced the three-step statutory can be found on the Department of Trade and Industry’s website.
www.dti.gov.uk/er/index.htm
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK has been running a major research programme concerning the ‘future of work’. Many of the studies undertaken as part of this initiative consider the perspectives of workers.
www.leeds.ac.uk/esrcfutureofwork/
As its names suggests, the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) works to promote employee involvement and participation at work. Further information about its activities can be found on its website.
www.partnership-at-work.com/


