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Spot the Difference Between the Public and Private Sectors: Disputes and Third-Party Intervention in Britain

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This article considers whether there is a difference between the public and private sectors in respect of third-party intervention to prevent and resolve collective employment disputes. Based on statistics from Acas for the five years from 1 April 1997 and interviews with key informants, it finds only a few differences. Public sector disputes were more likely than private sector disputes to have a national dimension and they were less likely to be resolved by conciliation. Also, there was seldom third-party intervention in civil service disputes. The main difference, however, was not in third-party intervention but in fourth-party intervention, i.e. intervention by the Government, which dominates both overtly and covertly.

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  • Susan Corby, 2005. "Spot the Difference Between the Public and Private Sectors: Disputes and Third-Party Intervention in Britain," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 107-114, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:25:y:2005:i:2:p:107-114
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00460.x
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    1. Pat Lowry, 1990. "Employment Disputes and the Third Party," Palgrave Macmillan Books, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-349-10896-1, December.
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