IV‑ Government Organization for IRHRM
•Traditional Government Approach
•Limited intervention in industrial relations
•Most intervention has been by the courts applying general principles of civil or criminal law
•Other specific intervention (i.e. legislation) was largely designed to created immunities or protection for unions from the judicial system
•Government began to take a more active interest around 1970
Limited intervention in industrial relations
   Apart from supporting bargaining, government played little role in peace‑time IR

Government began to take a more active interest around 1970
   Includes both Conservative and Labour Governments