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David Nash,Deborah Hann,Edmund Heery

The Real Living Wage: Civil Regulation and the Employment Relationship

The Real Living Wage: Civil Regulation and the Employment Relationship

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The book explores the Real Living Wage campaign, its civil regulation, organizations, employers' responses, trade unions' responses, public authorities' policies, and outcomes. It concludes by discussing the campaign's implications for the UK employment system.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press


The book delves into the intricate nature of the Real Living Wage as a comprehensive civil regulation framework, shedding light on the organizations driving the campaign and the strategies employed. It explores the diverse responses of employers, encompassing the motivations and characteristics of businesses that have embraced the Living Wage. Additionally, the book examines the interplay between trade unions, which have experienced both cooperation and conflict, the role of public authorities, who have utilized a range of non-statutory policy levers to encourage employers to adopt the Living Wage, and the outcomes of the campaign in terms of redistributive benefits for employees, economic advantages for adopting businesses, and broader social and institutional impacts. In conclusion, the book offers a thoughtful examination of the campaign's implications, highlighting that civil regulation and the institutions that shape it have emerged as vital components of the evolving employment system in the UK.

The book delves into the intricate nature of the Real Living Wage as a comprehensive civil regulation framework, shedding light on the organizations driving the campaign and the strategies employed. It explores the diverse responses of employers, encompassing the motivations and characteristics of businesses that have embraced the Living Wage. Additionally, the book examines the interplay between trade unions, which have experienced both cooperation and conflict, the role of public authorities, who have utilized a range of non-statutory policy levers to encourage employers to adopt the Living Wage, and the outcomes of the campaign in terms of redistributive benefits for employees, economic advantages for adopting businesses, and broader social and institutional impacts. In conclusion, the book offers a thoughtful examination of the campaign's implications, highlighting that civil regulation and the institutions that shape it have emerged as vital components of the evolving employment system in the UK.


Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198835264

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