Employee Relations: Volume 22 Issue 3

Two decades of pension reform in the UK: What are the implications for occupational pension schemes?

David Blake

The UK is one of the few countries in Europe that is not facing a serious pensions crisis. The reasons for this are straightforward: state pensions are among the lowest in Europe…

Occupational pensions and employee retention: Debate and evidence

Stephen Taylor

This article explores the relationship, in the contemporary UK context, between employee retention and the provision by employers of occupational pension schemes. Several sources…

Something for nothing?: Employees’ views of occupational pension schemes

Wendy Loretto, Phil White, Colin Duncan

Against a background of partial, and often contradictory, information, this article explores the attitudes of over 1,000 employees in one firm in the financial services sector…

When is a promise a strategic liability?

Nicholas Terry, Phil White

Employers offer pension plans for two main reasons: paternalism and skills market competitiveness. Recent changes in legislation and business practice have prompted the scrutiny…

Access to the law of pensions: The lessons from National Grid v. Laws

Richard Nobles

This article uses the litigation in National Grid v. Laws to demonstrate two aspects of the law surrounding occupational pension schemes: the wide range of interpretations that…

A tale of two pension systems

Deborah R. Cooper

The article compares the major features of pension provision in the UK and in France. It considers why the UK population appears to be at best indifferent to their system of…

Work‐Related Violence: Assessment and Intervention

Carol Boyd

Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization; Developments in Theory and Practice

Stephen Gibb