Adding Value Through Information & Consultation

The new edited text examines the implications for various stakeholders of the new EU Directive on Information and Consultation. As well as containing new and classic readings, it will also contain newly commissioned contributions by leading academic, employment, trade union and legal experts, analysing the value-added potential to be derived by the effective implementation of information and consultation procedures.

Introductory Overview; PART ONE: THE IDEA OF ADDED-VALUE THROUGH INFORMATION AND CONSULTION; The Idea of Information Disclosure and Consultation as Part of the High Performance Workplace; PART TWO: THE EVIDENCE OF ADDED-VALUE THROUGH INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION, IMPACT AND OUTCOMES; Benefiting form a Multi-Channel Approach; Employee Information and Consultation in Ireland; PART THREE: INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION IN CONTEXT; The Place of Information and Consultation in the Wider Context of Employment Relations; Perspectives of Key Parties:; A Trade Union Perspective; An Employers Perspective; The IPA; PART FOUR: LEGAL INTERVENTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS; The European Union (2002) Directive 2002/14/EC; DTI Guidance Notes July/August 2004; Transposition into English Law; A Legal Interpretation; PART FIVE: OPTIONS, ISSUES AND QUESTIONS ARISING; Alternative Models of Informing and Consulting with Employees; Information and Consultation in the Public Sector; Implications for Employees and Employee Representatives; Risks and Associated Issues; Information and Consultation in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; What Kind of Financial Literacy do Employee Representatives Need?; PART SIX: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; European Comparative Practice in Information and Consultation; Comparatively Open: Statutory Information Disclosure for Consultation and Bargaining in Germany, France and the UK; PART SEVEN: MAKING THE MOST OF INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION; Adding Value; Features of High Performance Workplaces