Organisational change guide

In difficult economic times, employers should create employment relationships based on “efficiency, equity and voice”, a union safety specialist’s report argues.

The report, A Fair Change, published by Prospect professionals union, contains practical advice on legal and union tools that health and safety and other union reps can use to increase worker engagement in any change process. Sarah Page, Prospect health and safety officer and author of the guide, said: “The changing world of work has had profound impacts on the workforce: pressures on work tempo and personal performance, the individualisation of the employment relationship, undercutting opportunities for union organising and the creation of new psychosocial risk associated with rising levels of stress-related ill-health.”

The report is available at http://library.prospect.org.uk/id/2009/00546