Labour and Workplace
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Scope
Labour and workplace includes human resources issues such as recruitment, compensation/incentives and career development. It also encompasses industrial relations, collective bargaining and fair employment practices (labour law). Labour economics, labour history and elements of psychology and sociology are also part of this topic.
Online Reference Sources
Oxford Dictionary of Business & Management (Oxford Reference Online)
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Books
Handbook of Labor Economics Edited by Orley Ashenfelter and Richard Layard.
A multi-volume set, entries provide an overview of topics in this area. Subjects include labour supply and demand, retirement, wage structure, analysis of union behaviour. Available at UBC, UNBC, UVIC and SFU.
Statistics
BC: BC Statistics on Labour http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/data/lss/labour.asp
Canada: E-STAT (Licensed database, should be available at all institutions.)
Canada: HRSDC Database on Minimum Wage http://srv116.services.gc.ca/wid-dimt/mwa/
USA: Department of Labour, Bureau of Labour Statistics http://www.bls.gov/
International: UN International Labour Organization Statistics Portal http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/portal/online.htm
International: Yearbook of Labour Statistics by the International Labour Organization.
Statistics related to occupations, wages, occupational injury and disease, unemployment, strikes, productivity, and social security. Organized by topic and by country.
Available at UBC, SFU, UNBC, UVIC.
Subject Guides
JIBC Library Employment Equity Bibliography (pdf)
JIBC Library Workplace Harassment (pdf)
JIBC Library Workplace Violence (pdf)
JIBC Library Writing for the Workplace (pdf)
SFU Library Labour Studies Information Resources
Links to HR and IR websites, categorized by topic. From The University of Toronto Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cir/library/hrirwebsites.html
Labour related subject guides with a US focus. From Cornell University’s ILR School
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/subjectguides/
Digital Libraries
Open Access Journals
Free Online Full-Text Articles from HighWire Press, Stanford University
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
Labour/Le Travail Published by the Canadian Committee on Labour History http://www.historycooperative.org/lltindex.html
Labour History Published by The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History http://www.historycooperative.org/labindex.html
Associations
Canadian Industrial Relations Association http://www.cira-acri.ca/
Canadian Labour Congress http://www.clc-ctc.ca/
Yahoo Directory of Canadian Labour Unions http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Canada/Business_and_Economy/Business_to_Business/Labour/Unions/
Government
BC Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services: Employment Standards Branch http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/
Websites & Portals
BC Labour Relations Board includes decisions and some collective agreements. http://www.lrb.bc.ca/
The Employment Standards Tribunal covers BC workplaces under federal jurisdiction. http://www.bcest.bc.ca/
Guide to the BC Economy and Labour Market provides an overview of historical and current trends as well as the long-term outlook for the BC economy and labour market. http://www.guidetobceconomy.org/
History of the Canadian Labour Movement (1850-1999) By the Canadian Museum of Civilization http://www.civilization.ca/hist/labour/lab01e.html
Negotech is a database of Canadian collective agreements. Does not include recent agreements.
http://206.191.16.137/gol/main_e.shtml
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