Employees’ welfare is measured via the availability of fringe benefits (occupational
pensions, sickness pay above the statutory level, etc.) and of family-friendly practices
(maternity/parental leave above the statutory level, career breaks, etc.). Fringe benefits represent traditional employer welfare policies while family-friendly practices represent
the more recent welfare agenda of work–life balance. An advantage of focusing
on employee welfare issues rather than wages is that these provisions unlike wages are
largely unaffected by personal characteristics (such as ‘human capital’) or individual
or group performance, and are common to the employees of a workplace.1
Welfare
benefits, if associated with a union presence, can be interpreted as collective gains from
unionisation. Voice mechanisms may somewhat tend to shift gains for union members
from wages to benefits (Budd, 2004). Another element of employee welfare that has
received attention in the literature relating to mutual gains is job protection or security
(e.g. Kochan and Osterman, 1994; Marchington et al., 1994). However, no measure
of job protection was available in the data source used for the present article. It is
hoped to consider this aspect in future work using other sources
Employees’ welfare is measured via the availability of fringe benefits (occupationalpensions, sickness pay above the statutory level, etc.) and of family-friendly practices(maternity/parental leave above the statutory level, career breaks, etc.). Fringe benefits represent traditional employer welfare policies while family-friendly practices representthe more recent welfare agenda of work–life balance. An advantage of focusingon employee welfare issues rather than wages is that these provisions unlike wages arelargely unaffected by personal characteristics (such as ‘human capital’) or individualor group performance, and are common to the employees of a workplace.1 Welfarebenefits, if associated with a union presence, can be interpreted as collective gains fromunionisation. Voice mechanisms may somewhat tend to shift gains for union membersfrom wages to benefits (Budd, 2004). Another element of employee welfare that hasreceived attention in the literature relating to mutual gains is job protection or security(e.g. Kochan and Osterman, 1994; Marchington et al., 1994). However, no measureof job protection was available in the data source used for the present article. It ishoped to consider this aspect in future work using other sources
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