Gooberman, Leon  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-4704 and Hauptmeier, Marco ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-3089
2025.
Pathways to substate variation in the UK's employment relations: The case of the Welsh Government.
Industrial Relations Journal
10.1111/irj.70003
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Abstract
The UK is often viewed as a centralised entity that has pursued neoliberal policies. Yet its political system features devolved parliaments whose governments deploy responsibilities including those linked to employment relations. This article explores the Welsh Government's role within employment relations to argue that it has shaped pathways to substate variation by (1) defining the procedural status of other actors through creating social partnership structures (2) deploying its role as employer, funder, and procurer to influence employer behaviour, and (3) making some statutory regulation. We conclude that the Welsh Government is part of an increasingly fragmented regulatory state within the UK that offers some opportunities for subnational actors to create divergences within its national system of employment relations.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | In Press |
| Schools: | Schools > Business (Including Economics) |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0019-8692 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 19 June 2025 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 17 June 2025 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2025 10:43 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/179202 |
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