REFLECTIONS ON EMPLOYEE VOICE AND REPRESENTATION FOR THE FUTURE

The authors in this symposium make use of law to propose new models of what employee voice and representation (EVR) should look like in the future. These proposals converge around the two distinct ways that firms have responded to the new realities of highly competitive product markets. One has been...

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Published in:Chicago-Kent law review 1993-01, Vol.69 (1), p.249
Main Author: Sherer, Peter D
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The authors in this symposium make use of law to propose new models of what employee voice and representation (EVR) should look like in the future. These proposals converge around the two distinct ways that firms have responded to the new realities of highly competitive product markets. One has been for firms to adopt a more relational model with their work forces, dedicating them through lifetime employment, empowerment, and the like. The other has been for firms to adopt a more transactional model with their work forces, making use of free-lancers, independent contractors, and no longer providing employment security. These different firm responses have resulted in a wide variety of experimentation in new forms of EVR, some of which are prohibited under the New Deal legislation. This variety in actual practice mirrors the diversity of proposals expressed by the authors in this symposium, suggesting that the role of law should not be to take a unitary stand favoring one form of EVR but instead to enable the variety to flourish.
ISSN:0009-3599