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Labour and Workplace

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Labour and Workplace

 

Table of Contents


 

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)

 

Top Databases

ABI/Inform Complete: available at: OC, VCC, VIU

ABI/Inform Global: available at: CNC, COTR, LC, RRU, SC, TRU, UBC, UNBC

ABI/Inform Trade & Industry: available at: LC, RRU

 

Academic Search Complete: available at: BCIT, UBC

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Business Source Complete: available at: BCIT, DC, SFU, TWU, UBC

Business Source Elite: available at: JIBC, UNBC

Business Source Premier: available at: CAM, CAP, KPU, OC, RRU, TRU, UFV, UVic

 

CBCA Complete: available at:  BCIT, DC, JIBC, KPU, OC, SFU, TRU, UFV, UBC, UVic, VIU

CBCA Business: available at:  CAM, CNC, COTR, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, SC, TWU, UNBC, VCC

CBCA Current Events: available at:  ECUAD

CBCA Education: available at:  NLC, RRU, SC, TWU, UNBC, YC

CBCA Reference: available at:  CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, ECUAD, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, RRU, SC, UNBC, VCC, YC

 

 

Search Strategies

 

Other Databases

 

EconLit: available at: SFU, TRU, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VIU

 

PsycInfo: available at: BCIT, CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, DC, JIBC, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, OC, RRU, SC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UFV, UBC, UNBC, UVic, VCC, VIU, YC

 

Social Sciences Index: BCIT, CAM, CAP, CNC, COTR, ECUAD, KPU, LC, NIC, NLC, NWCC, OC, RRU, SC, SFU, TRU, TWU, UBC, UFV, UNBC, UVic, VIU, YC

Social Sciences Full Text - CAM, KPU, RRU, TRU, UFV

 

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

 

Forums, Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups

 

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