Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations articles from January 1 2009

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations archives from January 1 2009

Editorial.(Editorial)
January 1, 2009... As you have surely noticed, RI/IR has a new look as of the beginning of 2009, in terms of both its presentation and its content. RI/IR's new style is modern, spare and distinctive. It highlights the content of each issue and the bilingual...

Organizational trust and social exchange: what if taking good care of employees were profitable?/La confiance organisationnelle au coeur de l'echange social: et si bien traiter ses employes etait payant?/La confianza organizacional al centro del intercambio social: y si tartar bien sus empleados fuera rentable?
January 1, 2009... SUMMARY Several studies show a decrease in employees' trust toward their organization; in parallel, organizations want to develop a long-term employment relationship to remain competitive in a context of employee shortage (Robinson and...

Sustaining management commitment to workplace health programs: the case of participatory ergonomics/L'implication soutenue de la direction a l'endroit des interventions en matiere de sante et de securite au travail: le cas d'une ergonomie particioative/Sustentar el compromiso de la gerencia respecto a los programas de la salud en el lugar de trabajo: el caso de la ergonomia participativa.
January 1, 2009... This article investigates management commitment to workplace health and safety through an analysis of the implementation of participatory ergonomic (PE) interventions in three worksites. The PE programs were established to address the burden of...

International labour regulation: what have we really learnt so far?/Le droit international du travail: qu'avons-nous vraiment appris jusqu'ici?/Regulacion internacional del trabajo: ?que hemos realmente aprendido hasta ahora?
January 1, 2009... Can soft regulatory approaches and corporate social responsibility ever be substitute methods for pursuing meaningfully across the globe violations of labour standards? Out analysis shows the limits of country, government, and hard-law based...

The difficult legal framework of self-employed workers in precarious situations: the case of taxi drivers who rent their vehicles/Le difficile encadrement juridique des travailleurs autonomes en situation precaire : le cas des chauffeurs locataires de taxi/El dificil marco juridico de los trabajadores autonomos en situacion precaria : el caso de choferes de taxi contractuales.
January 1, 2009... SUMMARY Self-employed workers account for 15.4% of the workforce. They form a heterogeneous group that the law merges into a single legal category, that of independent contractors. Such a categorization postulates that these workers have...

Exclusion of unionized workers from employment standards law/L'exclusion des travailleurs syndiques de la legislation sur les normes minimales d'emploi/La exclusion de trabajadores sindicalizados de la normas legales del empleo.
January 1, 2009... The technique of permitting unions to derogations from core employment standards has been increasingly advocated as a means of making labour law more flexible while still protecting workers since the union is considered to bring countervailing...

How Do Employers Prepare for Collective Bargaining?/Que font les employeurs comme preparation a la negociation collective?/?Que hacen los empleadores para preparar la negociacion colectiva?
January 1, 2009... SUMMARY Preparation for bargaining is considered by many to be the most important stage in the collective bargaining process. However, surprisingly, preparation for collective bargaining seems to have received little attention in the...

Droits individuels et droits collectifs : un difficile mais necessaire appariement!(DROIT DU TRAVAIL)(individual and collective rights)
January 1, 2009... Pourquoi, comment et jusqu'a quelle limite l'arbitre de grief devrait-il savoir distinguer les droits subjectifs d'un salarie des droits collectifs relevant en propre du syndicat accredite ? Si le salarie est partie d'un tout (l'unite...

Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Precarious Employment : Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada Edited by Leah F. Vosko. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006, 485 p., ISBN 0-773529-61-6 (bd.). L'ouvrage s'interesse a la precarite d'emploi dans le...

New Employment Actors : Developments from Australia.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... New Employment Actors: Developments from Australia Edited by Grant Michelson, Suzanne Jamieson and John Burgess. Bern: Peter Lang, 2008, 285 pp., ISBN 978-3-039114-61-0 (alk. paper). New Employment Actors: Developments from Australia is an...

European Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... European Unions: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy By Roland Erne. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008, 260 pp., ISBN 978-0-801446-48-1 (cloth: alk. paper). The reviewer should begin by explaining his relationship to this...

La face cachee des conditions de travail : les situations d'atteintes a la sante psychologique.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... La face cachee des conditions de travail : les situations d'atteintes a la sante psychologique Par Lucie France Dagenais en collaboration avec Sabrina Ruta. Cowansville : Editions Yvon Biais, 2007, 350 p., ISBN 978-2-896351-07-7. Le...

Working Disasters : The Politics of Recognition and Response.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Working Disasters : The Politics of Recognition and Response Edited by Eric Tucker. Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., 2006, 325 p., ISBN 0-895033-19-4 (cloth). Le but ultime de cet ouvrage est de faire prendre conscience au lecteur des...

Growing Older, Working Longer: The New Face of Retirement.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Growing Older, Working Longer: The New Face of Retirement By Monica Townson. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2006, 254 pp., ISBN 0-886274-73-7 (pbk.). Perhaps it is because I am a recently retired person of a "certain" age...

Recrutement et selection du personnel.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Recrutement et selection du personnel Par Anne Bourhis. Montreal : G. Morin, 2007, 562 p., ISBN 978-2-891059-89-3. Cet ouvrage d'Arme Bourhis vient combler un grand vide dans le domaine de la publication, en langue francaise, d'ouvrages se...

Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good.(Book review)
January 1, 2009... Social Marketing: Influencing Behaviors for Good By Philip Kotler and Nancy R. Lee. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008, 446 pp. + 1 CD, 3rd ed., ISRN 978-1-412956-47-5 (pbk.: alk. paper). This book, by Philip Kotler and Nancy R. Lee, is a...

Recent publications/Publications recentes.
January 1, 2009... Relations du travail / Labour Relations Negociation collective transnationale: reflexions a partir des accords-cadres internationaux du groupe ArcelorMittal, Marie-Ange Moreau, Droit social, 1, Janvier 2009, 93-102. The Effect of...

Books received/Livres recus.
January 1, 2009... Arthurs, Harry W., A Fine Balance. Sale Pensions. Affordable Plans. Fair Rules, Toronto: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2008, 222 pp. Gibson, Gordon, A New Look at Canadian Indian Policy. Respect the Collective--Promote the Individual,...