1.1   The Industrial Relations System
1.2   Arbitration and Mediation
1.3   Bargaining
1.4   Minority Groups

1. Armitage, Craig & Dunbar, Richard
Labour Market Adjustment Under the Employment Contracts Act, (1993) 18(1): 94-112.
Outlines changes to the labour market under the Employment Contracts Act, with particular regard to employment contract structures and bargaining issues.
Related sections: [ 1.3, 7.3 ]


2. Foulkes, Angela
The Culture of Tripartism: Can European Models be Adapted for New Zealand Use?, (1993) 18(2): 185-193.
Defines Labour's proposed reforms as a permissive system of industrial relations designed to effect wider economic policies.
Related sections: [ 7.1, 8.2 ]


3. Geare, A.J.
Ideology in Industrial Relations, (1994) 19(2): 117-130.
Discusses the role ideology has in industrial relations and problems created by various definitions of the concept. A definition is presented which helps explain industrial relations behaviour.
Related section: [ 2.1 ]


4. Geare, A.J. & McAndrew, Ian
Labour Market Deregulation: Perspectives from New Zealand and Abroad: An Introduction, (1994) 19(3): 233-234.
An overview of the symposium of volume 19(3) concerning labour market deregulation.


5. Hector, Janet & Hobby, Michael
Labour Market Adjustment under the Employment Contracts Act: 1996, (1997/1998) 22(3)/23(1): 311-327.
Outlines changes to the labour market under the Employment Contracts Act, noting a stabilising in bargaining structure and a low level of awareness about the minimum code amongst some groups.
Related sections: [ 1.3, 6.1, 7.3 ]


6. Rankin, Keith
The New Zealand Workforce: 1950-2000, (1993) 18(2): 214-235.
An historical perspective on the New Zealand labour market, placing the employment crisis of the 1980s and 90s into its post-war perspective. Responses to expectations of, and changes in, household incomes are focused on.


7. Walsh, Pat
Industrial Relations Research in New Zealand: the State of a Discipline, (1994) 19(2): 161-174.
Examines the state of industrial relations research in New Zealand, concluding that future research in the field should begin to focus on management strategy.


8. Watson, Tony J.
Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations and Theory - Standing Back and Starting Again, (1997) 22(1): 7-21.
Advocates the use of "processual organisational analysis" over "human resource management" as a superior framework for understanding changing employment relations.


9. Whatman, Richard; Armitage, Craig; Dunbar, Richard
Labour Market Adjustment under the Employment Contracts Act, (1994) 19(1): 53-73.
Reports on ongoing changes to the labour market since the passage of the Employment Contracts Act.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


[See also articles numbered: 40, 41, 55, 64, 65, 67, 73, 78, 92, 93, 95, 99, 102]

10. Gardiner, Ralph
Personal Grievance Mediation in the Employment Tribunal, (1993) 18(3): 342-351.
Outlines data on mediation, along with its advantages and disadvantages, in the Employment Tribunal from a practitioner's perspective.
Related section: [ 7.2 ]


11. Grills, Walter
Dispute Resolution in the Employment Tribunal. Part Two: Adjudication, (1993) 18(1): 84-93.
A practitioner paper focusing on the process of adjudication in the Employment Tribunal.
Related section: [ 7.2 ]


12. Phillips, Virginia
Tracking Mediator Behaviour: An Initial Investigation, (1994) 19(1): 75-84.
A pilot study investigating styles of mediator behaviour and when those various styles are put into practice.


13. Phillips, Virginia
Mediation: The Influence of Style and Gender on Disputants' Perceptions of Justice, (1996) 21(3): 297-311.
Examines the effect of mediator gender and style on perceptions of injustice held about the mediation process by disputants. Concludes that style and not gender affects disputant's perceptions.
Related section: [ 6.1 ]


14. Woodward, Sean
The Effects of Employee Conduct on Personal Grievance Remedies, (1995) 20(2): 183-193.
Examines case law on employee conduct in personal grievance remedies and concludes it has a significant effect on remedies awarded.
Related section: [ 7.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 58, 59, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 75, 87, 108]

15. Ballard, Matt
Representative Cricketers in New Zealand: Prospects for Collective Bargaining, (1995) 20(1): 49-56.
Reports on causal factors associated with cricketers' propensity to negotiate with team management in a collective way. Looks at the factors in team management and team circumstances which act to block effective action by the players.
Related section: [ 8.1 ]


16. Brown, Judy
Disclosure of Financial Information - Are New Zealand Employees and Unions Missing Out?, (1996) 21(3): 233-256.
Discusses overseas legislative requirements for financial disclosure and suggests that New Zealand can draw valuable lessons from these.
Related sections: [ 7.3, 8.2 ]


17. Churchman, Peter
Bargaining under the Employment Contracts Act - Recent Case Law Developments, (1993) 18(1): 125-133.
An analysis of cases falling within the bargaining provisions of the Employment Contracts Act. Decisions concerning authorisation, access rights and ratification are discussed.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


18. Hector, Janet; Henning, Jon; Hubble, Mary
Industrial Relations Bargaining in the Retail Non-Food Sector: 1991-1992, (1993) 18(3):326-341.
Examines bargaining in an industry with a significant level of small business activity, in light of economic deregulation and the passage of the Employment Contracts Act.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


19. McAndrew, Ian & Ballard, Matt
Negotiation and Dictation in Employment Contract Formation in New Zealand, (1995) 20(2): 119-141.
Suggests a new categorisation model for employer approaches to collective contract development under the Employment Contracts Act.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


20. Skiffington, Lorraine
The Role of Specialist Legal Institutions in Bargaining Under the Employment Contracts Act 1991: Saboteurs or Saviours?, (1996) 21(1): 49-66.
Examines the role of the specialist employment institutions in bargaining. Case law and legal research on the issue are analysed.
Related section: [ 7.2 ]


[See also articles numbered: 1, 5, 40, 52, 63, 76, 84, 90]

21. Kiely, Peter
Discrimination and Human Rights: An Overview of Remedies, (1993) 18(3): 362-375.
Examines the anti-discrimination mechanisms of the Human Rights Act 1993 and compares them with those of the Employment Contracts Act.
Related section: [ 7.3 ]


22. Walsh, Pat & Dickson, John
The Emperor's New Clothes: The Uncertain Fate of Equal Employment Opportunities in the New Zealand Public Sector, 1988-1992, (1994) 19(1): 35-52.
Addresses concerns over Equal Employment Opportunities policies in the state sector.
Related section: [ 6.3 ]


[See also articles numbered: 53, 100, 108]

B. Index

B.2. Industrial Conflict