Chris Ball
Biographic Data
| ID | 3642990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Ball |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Ball |
| SIGNATURE | BALL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Newcastle University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4950-7561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Health and Safety Reps in Covid-19—Representation Unleashed
The paper explores the role of UK union health and safety representatives and changes to representative structures governing workplace and organisational Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) during COVID-19. It draws upon a survey of 648 UK Trade Union Congress (TUC) Health and Safety (H&S) representatives, as well as case studies of 12 organisations in eight key sectors. The survey indicates expanded union H&S representation, but only half of th…
The role of union health and safety representatives during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This article highlights the weakness of the UK's occupational health and safety infrastructure exposed by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Utilising a political economy perspective, it captures the critical role of workplace union safety representatives in mitigating risk and contesting the expropriation of health and recommodification of labour, specifically inadequate sick pay
Trade Union Responses to Ageing Workplaces
In 2017, European-level unions and business associations agreed a framework for national and workplace level employers and union representatives to take collaborative action to design workforce responses to demographic ageing. This article discusses how unions are responding to pressures to extend working life in the UK. Drawing on industrial relations and social movement literature, it argues that unions pursue the twin strategies of working in …
The stone circles of northeast Scotland in the light of excavation
The stone circles of northeast Scotland (Figure 1) take a most distinctive form. On one level, they are made up of structural elements that are widely distributed in Britain: they are built from raw materials that had been selected for their colour and texture; the monoliths are graded in height towards the southwest and may have been aligned on the moon (Burl 2000). On another level, they have a character all of their own. They are known as 'rec…
A comprehensive dictionary of the English language, dealing with the origin of words and their sense development, thus illustrating the history of civilization and culture
The stone circles of northeast Scotland in the light of excavation
The stone circles of northeast Scotland (Figure 1) take a most distinctive form. On one level, they are made up of structural elements that are widely distributed in Britain: they are built from raw materials that had been selected for their colour and texture; the monoliths are graded in height towards the southwest and may have been aligned on the moon (Burl 2000). On another level, they have a character all of their own. They are known as 'rec…
A comprehensive dictionary of the English language, dealing with the origin of words and their sense development, thus illustrating the history of civilization and culture
The stone circles of northeast Scotland in the light of excavation
The stone circles of northeast Scotland (Figure 1) take a most distinctive form. On one level, they are made up of structural elements that are widely distributed in Britain: they are built from raw materials that had been selected for their colour and texture; the monoliths are graded in height towards the southwest and may have been aligned on the moon (Burl 2000). On another level, they have a character all of their own. They are known as 'rec…
Trade Union Responses to Ageing Workplaces
In 2017, European-level unions and business associations agreed a framework for national and workplace level employers and union representatives to take collaborative action to design workforce responses to demographic ageing. This article discusses how unions are responding to pressures to extend working life in the UK. Drawing on industrial relations and social movement literature, it argues that unions pursue the twin strategies of working in …
The role of union health and safety representatives during the Covid‐19 pandemic
This article highlights the weakness of the UK's occupational health and safety infrastructure exposed by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Utilising a political economy perspective, it captures the critical role of workplace union safety representatives in mitigating risk and contesting the expropriation of health and recommodification of labour, specifically inadequate sick pay
Health and Safety Reps in Covid-19—Representation Unleashed
The paper explores the role of UK union health and safety representatives and changes to representative structures governing workplace and organisational Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) during COVID-19. It draws upon a survey of 648 UK Trade Union Congress (TUC) Health and Safety (H&S) representatives, as well as case studies of 12 organisations in eight key sectors. The survey indicates expanded union H&S representation, but only half of th…
Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works)