| Objectives central place of contract in Er-Ee relationship contract & labour market legal regulation socio-econ. exchange - open-ended contract not like commercial contracts job contracts & managerial power/authority wider issues delivery of “performance” & managerial competence individual + work group control/defences motivation + loyalty, commitment potential for workplace disagreement reference to statutory protections contracts in a global context The Individual in a Labour Market individual is best judge of how to satisfy own-interests job contract - freely entered into contract (offer, acceptance, consideration) is negotiated/agreed but not an equal balance in personal service relationship subordination to reasonable & legitimate authority of employer freedom of contract between consenting parties but only in terms of individual equality before the law equality underpinned by managerial prerogative therefore NOT equal employee is junior partner employer determines organisation of work and standards (reasonable) THUS individual negotiation + freedom exists only on surface |
