Problem Based Learning

The Labour Market and Industrial Relations - References for Investigation

Biz/ed has provided the following references for investigation to help you research the problem. These are suggestions only and are not the only sources you may wish to use, indeed, you are not obliged to use any of them!

Web sites

• Birmingham International Airport (http://www.bhx.co.uk/)
• Amicus (http://www.amicustheunion.org/)
• Birmingham International Airport Christmas strike dates - Amicus press report (http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=3145)
• Birmingham International Airport faces Christmas strike - Amicus press report (http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=3125)
• Christmas strikes to shut airport - from the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4456890.stm)
• ACAS - the arbitration and conciliation service (http://www.acas.org.uk/)
• Employer/employee rights and responsibilities - Biz/ed Research Project (http://www.bized.co.uk/current/research/2004_05/181004.htm)
• Data protection guidance - from the Information Commissioner's Office (http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/eventual.aspx?id=295)
• Data Protection Act 1998 (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm)
• FAQs on the Data Protection Act - from the Department of Constitutional Affairs (http://www.dca.gov.uk/ccpd/faqdp.htm)
• FAQs on the Human Rights Act - from the Department of Constitutional Affairs (http://www.dca.gov.uk/hract/hrafaqs.htm)
• Human Rights Act 1998 (http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980042.htm)
• TUC student resources (http://www.tuc.org.uk/tuc/students_main.cfm)
• Trade unions notes - from Biz/ed (http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/economics/wages/influences/tunotes.htm)
• TUC business profile - from Biz/ed (http://www.bized.co.uk/compfact/tuc/tucindex.htm)
• Unions, management, strikes, confrontation and game theory - Biz/ed Mind your Business feature (http://www.bized.co.uk/current/mind/2003_4/101103.htm)