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Industrial Relations Law and Practice in Jamaica is a practical handbook written primarily for persons involved in the day-to-day administration of employer-employee relations in both the public and private sectors. At the same time, its wide ranging examination of the main elements of the law and the general climate of industrial relations, makes this book a useful reference manual for entrepreneurs, policy makers and students. Among the core topics discussed are collective bargaining the settlement of disputes; grievance and disciplinary procedures; conciliation and arbitration. Current issues such as worker participation. Sexual harassment at eh workplace and the concept of a social partnership are among the `new' topics discussed. There is an extensive appendix section containing key policy and other documents as well as useful index.
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• Introduction
• Date of independence
• Membership of the Commonwealth
• Constitution: Governor-General ; Legislature ; Privy Council ; Executive ; Judicature ; Citizenship ; Fundamental rights and freedoms
• Inheritance of international treaty rights and obligations
• International organisations
• Implications of Jamaica's withdrawal from the federation, the interim organisation and the common services
• Compensation for certain categories of public officers
• Discussions on economic, financial and defence matters
• Annex: list of those attending the Jamaica Independence Conference 1962.