Budd, J. and Mumford, K.A. (2004) Trade unions and family friendly work practices in Britain. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57 (2). pp. 204-222. ISSN 0019-7939
Abstract
This paper uses linked data on over 1,500 workplaces and 20,000 individuals from the 1998 British Workplace Employee Relations Survey to analyze the relationship between labor unions and the availability of six employer-provided family-friendly policies. Although unions were negatively associated with the availability of work-at-home arrangements and flexible working hours options, they appear to have increased the availability of three other policies designed to help workers balance the demands of work and family: parental leave, special paid leave, and job-sharing options. They did so both by negotiating for additional benefits ('monopoly' and collective voice effects) and by providing workers with information about existing policies and assisting them in using them (facilitation effects).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Economics and Related Studies (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 22 May 2009 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 22 May 2009 09:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cornell University |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6318 |