Critically examine the role of the State (or government) as an actor in employment relations.

Critically examine the role of the State (or government) as an actor in employment relations

This essay will look at the UK government’s role in implementing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (Furlough Scheme), which was designed to help people, jobs, and businesses.

The impact of the policy on other actors in employment relations (workers, employers, trade unions, etc.) will also be analysed; the approach could be limited to the UK or take a comparative look at similar policies/initiatives (short term working schemes) in other EU countries such as Germany (Kuzarbeit) or France (Activité Partielle) or even the policy adopted in countries like the US.

The requirement is to stay focused on answering the question, to demonstrate broad reading and critical engagement with the literature that you read and cite, to back up arguments with evidence from published sources such as scholarly journals or books whenever possible, and to write an essay that is well structured and analytical.