Trade unions and family friendly work practices in Britain

J. Budd; K.A. Mumford

Trade unions and family friendly work practices in Britain

Economics

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Abstract

This paper uses linked data on over 1,500 workplaces and 20,000 individuals from the 1998 British Workplace Employee Relations Survey to analyze the relationship between labor unions and the availability of six employer-provided family-friendly policies. Although unions were negatively associated with the availability of work-at-home arrangements and flexible working hours options, they appear to have increased the availability of three other policies designed to help workers balance the demands of work and family: parental leave, special paid leave, and job-sharing options. They did so both by negotiating for additional benefits ('monopoly' and collective voice effects) and by providing workers with information about existing policies and assisting them in using them (facilitation effects).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	204-222
Number of pages	18
Journal	Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Volume	57
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Jan 2004

Keywords

FRINGE BENEFITS
MATERNITY LEAVE
UNITED-STATES
WORK
PROVISION
PROGRAMS

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