§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the proposals contained in the Greater Employee Involvement Bill.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Government are committed to encouraging greater employee involvement. ACAS already plays an important role in this under its existing statutory duties, which are broad enough to cover the promotion of employee involvement. The Government are not convinced of the need to lay on ACAS the further specific duty of promoting the Industrial Participation Association and Institute of Personnel Management joint code. The code is being promoted effectively by those bodies and the Government have often commended it.
§ Mr. Baldryasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the Government's policy towards the Institute of Personnel Management and Industrial Participation Association code, "Employee Involvement and Participation Principles and Standard of Practice," a copy of which has been sent to him.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Government have often commended this code as a most valuable source of advice and guidance. We particularly welcome its recognition that practices which are likely to be successful may vary from one organisation to another. The code is especially authoritative for having been drawn up by leading industrialists, trade unionists, and other practitioners in the field.