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Brave new workplace : how individual contracts are changing our jobs

The move for individual contracts for employees overturns a century of collective bargaining. David Peetz peels away the layers of corporate and government doublespeak that surround this most heated issue to uncover what is really happening in relations between employers and employees
Print Book, English, 2006
Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W., 2006
x, 262 pages ; 21 cm
9781741148657, 1741148650
70878191
1. Weeding out the troublemakers: beginnings and core ideas
2. You're all individuals? Some myths about individualism and collectivism
3. Power, productivity and perks: individual contracting for the corporation
4. What are you worth? The impacts on ordinary employees
5. War is peace: corporate strategies and human rights
6. Mobilising workers: responding to the corporate push
7. Finding the way: upholding basic rights of the brave new workforce
English