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- Title
Employee Committees: Crossing the Lines Set by Federal Labor Law?.
- Authors
Pranschke, Sibyl C.; Walker, Lisa O.
- Abstract
In years, many businesses have been working toward greater cooperation between labor and management in the U.S. Management has given employees greater control or ownership over their jobs as an incentive for improved performance and increased productivity. As part of these programs, employers have sought employee input through a variety of committees designed to encourage increased employee participation. This noble act of including employees in the decision making process may have unintended consequences to the employer. Committees that seek to include employees in the management process may be considered labor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). It is the intention of the author to examine the effect of NLRA on employee involvement in workplace decision making and to discuss the possible pitfalls employers may want to avoid when designing their employee committees.
- Subjects
UNITED States; EMPLOYEE participation in management; DECISION making; CENTRAL labor councils; EMPLOYEE empowerment; LABOR productivity; INDUSTRIAL relations
- Publication
Benefits Quarterly, 1994, Vol 10, Issue 1, p12
- ISSN
8756-1263
- Publication type
Article