Industrial Relations Reform: some neglected issues

Abstract

Whatever happens to some of the detailed provisions of the Government's forthcoming Industrial Relations Bill, it is obvious that everyone concerned in this field will soon have to acclimatise themselves to a new and highly‐regulated environment. It is interesting but not very profitable to speculate on the likely effects of the new legislation on strikes, wage inflation, restrictive practices and other contentious problems. Of much greater importance is the extent to which the proposed measures are designed to deal with the real problems in contemporary industrial relations. It is at least arguable that the now almost forgotten analysis of the Donovan Commission represents a far more realistic basis for change in industrial relations than anything contained in the Government's ‘Consultative Document’.

Citation

Hawkins, K. (1970), "Industrial Relations Reform: some neglected issues", Management Decision, Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb000941