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- Title
REGULATING STATE EMPLOYMENT: THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SECTOR APPEAL SYSTEMS IN NSW, 1880-1980.
- Authors
Thornthwaite, Louise
- Abstract
Appeal systems dealing with the classification, salaries, promotion, and discipline of public workers in New South Wales were established to further managerial control of workers, but the interests of unions and the government has influenced them at times. Contrary to the assertions of many historians, the systems were not the result of union pressure or management sensitivity but were designed to contain and institutionalize resistance to management policies and decisions, especially during periods of rapid change in the labor market or demand; however, the evolution of the systems was influenced by such outside factors as fiscal crises, the government's need for public servant votes, and special arrangement during World War II. The union also influenced the systems in other ways, for example, the gradual substitution of seniority for merit in promotion.
- Publication
Labour History, 1995, Issue 68, p132
- ISSN
0023-6942
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/27516358