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Author Young, A. F. (Agnes Freda)

Title Social services in British industry / by A.F. Young.

Publication Info. London : Routledge, 1998.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series International library of sociology. Public policy, welfare and social work ; v. 12
International library of sociology. Public policy, welfare and social work ; v. 12.
Note Originally published: London : Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., 1968.
Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-245) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Entrance to Industry; Chapter 1 Adults; Early development of Labour Exchanges; Employment and Training Act 1948; Registers for specialised occupations; The role of the exchange in the mobility of labour; Transfer; Special categories of workers; Changes in Employment Exchange policy in the late 20th century; Chapter 2 Youth Employment Service; Early developments in Youth Employment Bureaux; The Ince Report 1945; Methods used by the service; Industrial Training Act 1964; Administration.
Special problems in youth employmentChapter 3 Entrance to Industry for the Disabled; Tomlinson Committee 1943; Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944; Government training centres; The quota; Designated employment; Remploy; Part II: Social Services in Places of Work; Chapter 4 Hours, Safety, Health, and Welfare in Industry; Hours of work; Safety; Health; Welfare; The truck system; Personnel of the service; Chapter 5 Wages Councils; Historical review; Wages Councils Act 1945; Constitution and functions; Opinion; Chapter 6 Arbitration; Industrial Courts; Industrial Relations Officers.
Industry's own arbitration serviceJoint consultation; Whitleyism; Compulsory arbitration. Labour courts; Chapter 7 Losing One's Job; Contracts of Employment Act 1963; Redundancy; Chapter 8 Income Maintenance for Those Not Working; Early development and principles; The Beveridge Report 1942. New principles analysed; Aspects of social security 1948 onwards; Part III: The Thews and Sinews; Chapter 9 The Trade Unions And Employers' Organisations; Traditional categories; Trades Union Congress; Trades Councils; Trade Union methods; Problems; a. The closed shop; b. Union officials.
C. National v local bargainingd. Shop stewards; Employers Organisations; Origins and present pattern; The Confederation of British Industries; Chapter 10 The Professions; Analysis of the fundamental concepts. Comparison with Trade Unions; Code of ethics; Tribunals of discipline; Professional associations; Criticisms; Chapter 11 Evaluation. What Criteria?; Appendix: Resumé of chief forms of income maintenance; Selected Bibliography; Government publications; Non-Government publications; Ministry of Social Security; Ministry of Employment and Productivity; List of abbreviations used in the text.
Summary First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Subject Industries -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Industries -- Social aspects.
Great Britain.
Industrial welfare -- Great Britain.
Industrial welfare.
Great Britain -- Social policy.
Social policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Young, A.F. (Agnes Freda). Social services in British industry. London : Routledge, 1998 (DLC) 71364213
ISBN 9781136262739 (electronic book)
1136262733 (electronic book)
0415177243
9780415177245