Introducing Employment Relations is composed of five parts. Part 1 introduces the nature of employment relations. The second part covers the dimensions of employment relations and includes chapters on the contemporary economy, the politics of employment relations, and social divisions and employment relations. The third part introduces key elements of employment relations, with individual chapters focusing on managing employment relations, trade unions and worker representations, pay determination, and working time. The next part looks at conflict and employment relations. It considers labour conflict and its resolution. The last part looks at wider issues such as globalization.