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Employers, Employees and Debt

Janet Ford (Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK)
Marilyn Wilson (Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK)

Employee Relations

ISSN: 0142-5455

Article publication date: 1 June 1993

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Abstract

A substantial proportion of people “in debt” are in employment. Increasingly, employers can be required by the courts to recover debts for creditors from employees via the attachment of earnings process. However, there are claims that the process has a range of negative consequences for both employers and employees, including costs, lowered motivation, and changes in the recruitment and retention of labour. Presents data from a recent study of the attachment of earnings process which assess the validity of a number of these claims. Draws attention to the differential perceptions of the significance of attachment on the part of employers and employees and the consequences of this for managing attachment within employing organizations.

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Ford, J. and Wilson, M. (1993), "Employers, Employees and Debt", Employee Relations, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 21-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459310047348

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MCB UP Ltd

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