英国劳动制度改革及其对劳资争议处理的影响

自1950年代,英国的劳动制度改革经历了从“自愿主义”到“新自由主义”为指导原则的转变.1997年新工党执政以来,劳动制度的改革在“新自由主义”的继续影响下,反映出政府试图能够在经济效率与工人发言权之间找到平衡.然而,严格的法律规制使劳动争议的处理在实际操作中陷入了困局,并导致新的更加灵活的劳资争议处理方式受到广泛认同.这说明英国劳动制度的改善需要兼顾规范性和灵活性两个方面,才能成为真正调节劳动关系,处理劳资争议的有效手段.

The Labor System Reform of the UK and Its Impact on Labor Dispute Settlement

Since 1950s,the guiding principle of labor system reform of the UK has transformed from voluntarism to neo-liberalism.Since the New Labour came into power in 1997,under the influence of neo-liberalism,the labor system reform has reflected the government had tried to realize the balance between economic efficiency and workers’ discourse power.However,the system of labor dispute settlement has fallen into dilemma since the strict legal regulation,and the more flexible mode is received widely.This shows that the labor system reform of the UK must attend simultaneously to regulation and flexibility so as to coordinate labor relations and resolve labor dispute effectively.