Transforming workplace relations in New Zealand 1976-2016 / edited by Gordon Anderson, with Alan Geare, Erling Rasmussen and Margaret Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Four decades of documenting transformation / The Editors -- Driving transformation. The changing landscape of workplace relations / Ian McAndrew, Alan Geare, Fiona Edgar -- The politics of workplace reform: 40 years of change / Margaret Wilson -- Administering workplace relationships: From IR to HR / Jane Bryson -- Measuring transformation. A brief history of labour's share of income in New Zealand 1939-2016 / Bill Rosenberg -- Collective bargaining across four decades: Lessons from CLEW's collective agreement database / Stephen Blumenfeld, Noelle Donnelly -- Areas of transformation. Reforming workplace health and safety regulation: Second time lucky? / Viktoriya Pashorina-Nichols, Felicity Lamm, Gordon Anderson -- Women in the workforce: Still unequal after all these years? / Amanda Reilly, Annick Masselot -- Waves of interest in employee participation in New Zealand / Erling Rasmussen, Ronny Tedestedt -- Legal transformation. Competing visions and the transformation of New Zealand labour law / Gordon Anderson -- The influence of the legal profession on dispute resolution after 1990 / Susan Robson -- ACC and worker' health: compensation, comprimises and consequences / Dawn Duncan -- Conclusion: Industrial relations in forty years / The Editors.

"In the late 1960s New Zealand's industrial relations entered the most turbulent era in its history. The following three decades witnessed the decline and eventual repeal of the arbitration system which had dominated industrial relations since 1894 and culminated with the enactment of the neo-liberal Employment Contracts Act in 1991. It was not until a decade later that the Employment Relations Act 2000 provided a broad agreement on the regulation of labour relations, resulting in almost two decades of relative stability. Transforming Workplace Relations reflects on this revolution and speculates on the future of work relationships in a world challenged by newly evolving forms of work and employment. Contributors include both those who lived through the last 40 years as well as those who, in another 40 years, may again look back over a much changed employment landscape. This collection marks the 40th anniversary of the inaugural publication in May 1976 of New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations, a journal which continues to provide a multi-disciplinary commentary and analysis of the changes impacting the lives of working New Zealanders and their employers"--Publisher's website.