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United Kingdom Employment Relationship and the Role of the State

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more directly as one of the largest employers on the country. This places the state in an important position not only in regulating or controlling the way that the relationship  has developed, but also in setting and example. In looking that the development of the role of the state, with different approach by the various government and the increasing emphasis  on individualism rather than collectivism the current situation and the future may be better understood and the cyclical patterns of conflict and consensus in the employment relationship may also be  recognised. II. The Influence of the Government on the Development of Industrial Relations Unlike the traditional approach in the rest of Europe, where there has been a social  contract in place for many decades, the tradition was that of voluntarism, it was only during the Second World War that a social contract was to emerge in full format  or a short period. To define a social contract. To define social contract we can look to Ferner and Hyman (1998) who state that there are several factors present  where a social contract is operating; "first a societal recognition of the different interests of workers and employers; second an acceptance - indeed encouragement of the collective representation of  these interests; and third an aspiration that their organised accommodation may provide an effective basis for the regularisation of work and the labour market" (Ferner and Hyman, 1998; xv).  The element of different interests of workers and employers had been noted as far back as the industrial revolution. However, these differences were no  embraced or encouraged. Although there was recognition of the need for some level of collective bargaining, this was undertaken in a negative rather than a positivist manner. However if