CODE OF PRACTICE

The Consultative Document, Code of Industrial Relations Practice, was put forward by the Minister, Robert Carr, as a ‘compendium of commonsense’ but, according to press reports, it has been described by Vic Feather as ‘paternalistic’. In its final form as a Code of Practice, it will be an important part of the new industrial relations edifice. Organisations and individuals have been invited to submit comments upon it to the Department of Employment not later than 18 October. Comments by national organisations on the proposals should be sent to Industrial Relations Division (IRC 2), Department of Employment, 8 St James's Square, London, SW1. Those by local organisations or individuals should be sent to the appropriate Senior Manpower Adviser of the region concerned, whose name and address may be obtained from the list on the last page of the Consultative Document.