Restructuring UK local government employment relations: pay determination and employee participation in tough times

Bach, Stephen; Stroleny, Alexandra

doi:10.1177/1024258914535546

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“…Based on this, village financial management is said to be transparent if in its management, the village government can disclose materials that matter to the village community so that they can have maximum access to information. Besides, it can be considered accountable if the village government is responsible for the management of the finances both morally and administratively (Bach & Stroleny, 2014;Bordogna & Neri, 2014;Spreen & Cheek, 2016). Furthermore, the results of the t-test on the regression coefficient of the accountability variable shows a t-value of 5,034 with a p-value of 0,000.…”

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Determinants of Village Fund Allocation

Fitriyani

Marita

Windyastuti

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Determinan Alokasi Dana Desa. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menyelidiki dampak transparansi, akuntabilitas, dan kinerja pemerintah desa terhadap alokasi dana desa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode regresi berganda dengan 32 administrator di Desa Trimulyo sebagai sam pel. Artikel ini menemukan bahwa transparansi merupakan faktor penting dalam pengelolaan dana desa. Transparansi dapat menjamin akses bagi semua orang untuk mendapatkan informasi tentang organisasi pemerin tah, yaitu informasi tentang kebijakan, cara membuat dan mengaktuali sasikannya, dan hasil yang dicapai. Selain itu, aparat desa disarankan menyampaikan secara rinci perkembangan alokasi dana desa kepada masyarakat untuk mendapatkan hasil yang optimal.

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Determinants of Village Fund Allocation

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“…Some local government employers have sought to achieve trade-offs between pay bill reductions and less severe employment cuts; in addition, there has been much support for paying a living wage (Bach and Stroleny, 2014). The sustainability of this quiescent employment relations climate is uncertain.…”

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“…The NHS negotiations between employers and trade unions led to a 2013 agreement that increased the number of performance reviews in the NHS pay structure. Cautious reforms were also evident in local government, ensuring that staff meet their objectives before progression occurs rather than it being ‘automatic’ (Bach and Stroleny, 2014; Local Government Association (LGA), 2013).…”

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Deprivileging the public sector workforce: Austerity, fragmentation and service withdrawal in Britain

Bach

2016

Econ. labour relat. rev.

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The impact of the financial crisis has reignited debate about the scope and scale of public sector restructuring and its consequences for the workforce in Britain. The economic crisis precipitated austerity measures concentrated on expenditure reductions with the intention of reducing the public deficit. Because the public sector pay bill comprises over half of current public spending, achieving deficit reduction has major consequences for the total pay bill and the workforce. This article assesses the restructuring of the public sector and public sector employment relations in Britain and identifies underlying continuities in public sector restructuring over recent decades. Drawing on and repositioning New Labour's legacy, the Coalition government used the economic crisis to establish a proausterity frame that has legitimated deep cuts in public sector employment and involved measures to refashion public sector employment relations. The article considers the consequences of this agenda and responses by trade unions and indicates some of the limits and uncertain prospects for public sector restructuring under conditions of austerity.JEL Codes: H40, H50, H83, J45

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“…The UK public sector has been associated with a ‘model employer’ tradition, comprising an institutionalised and long-established system of collective bargaining and employee participation (Bach and Stroleny, 2014; Kessler, 1991). In local government, institutions for working in partnership with employers are well established, and were strengthened during the period of Labour government from 1997.…”

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‘We just get a bit set in our ways’: renewing democracy and solidarity in UK trade unions

Connolly

2020

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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In a broader context of austerity, sustained financial pressures and policies of restructuring and outsourcing have steadily eroded traditional features of UK public sector employment such as job security, fair reward and collective representation through trade unions. This article examines how a UK trade union representing local government workers attempted to respond more effectively to radical restructuring plans. By engaging in a process of democratic experimentation, full-time officials from above and activists from below sought to challenge the existing ‘insider’ relationship between branch officers and management, which was seen as ineffective in responding to a severe disruption in the regulation of local government employment. Drawing on participatory ethnographic research, the findings show the importance of leadership in the processes towards union renewal and the tensions and struggles underlying democracy and solidarity. Union renewal is presented here as a dialectical process and set of responses involving both strategic direction from above and membership pressure and activism from below.

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Restructuring UK local government employment relations: pay determination and employee participation in tough times

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Determinants of Village Fund Allocation

Determinants of Village Fund Allocation

Deprivileging the public sector workforce: Austerity, fragmentation and service withdrawal in Britain

‘We just get a bit set in our ways’: renewing democracy and solidarity in UK trade unions

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