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082			_a331.2941 BAY
100			_a"Bayliss, F.J."
245		0	_aBritish wages councils
260			_aOxford
260			_bBasil Blackwell
260			_c1962
300			_a177p.
520			_aTHIS study surveys the historical development of British Wages Councils and describes their operation. Since the Councils are part of the wider system of wage determination the impact upon them of general developments in industrial relations is the central issue in their history. In their working the most significant feature is the role of the independent members and the civil service. Historically the Councils were designed to supplement the voluntary system of wage settlement. Their main function was to repair the deficiencies in collective bargaining caused by trade union weakness. They were encouraged to be as much like voluntary negotiating bodies as possible and the power of the State on which they depended was kept in the background. The effect on the Councils of the changes of the past twenty years is seen at its clearest when the Minister of Labour signs Wages Regulation Orders which conflict with his Government's economic policy. Until recently the tradition that the Councils were almost as independent of the State as voluntary negotiating bodies has continued undisturbed. The fmal chapter attempts to forecast the changes which would make the Councils compatible with collective bargaining under full employment.
650			_aEconomics
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