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LRD Publications: guides and handbooks

• Labour Research Department guides and handbooks on trade union and employment relations issues. RCN reps can access for free.
  
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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2022) The stewards' handbook. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2022) The stewards' pocketbook. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2017) Making the case for facilities time and facilities agreements in the NHS. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2025) Nursing workforce standards: supporting a safe and effective ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ workforce . London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2025) Ask. Listen. Act. Using the ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ workforce standards to improve the working lives of members. 3rd edn. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2024) RCN employment standards for independent health and social care sectors. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2015) Healthy workplace, healthy you. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2024) State of the profession report: RCN employment survey 2023. London: RCN.

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ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ (2023) RCN position statement on menopause and you at work. London: RCN.

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RCN: Raising concerns toolkit

• This guide is to help nurses, ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ associates, students and health care support workers based in the NHS and independent sector. It includes a decision making tree to help ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ staff and students decide whether to raise a concern and when to escalate a concern.
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Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019) Raising concerns: guidance for nurses and midwives and ÌÀÍ·ÌõÎÛÁÏ associates. Rev. edn. London: NMC.

Nursing and Midwifery Council and General Medical Council (2024) Openness and honesty when things go wrong: the professional duty of candour. Manchester: GMC.

Ash A (2016) Whistle blowing and ethics in health and social care. London: Jessica Kinglsey.

Barsky A E (2017) Conflict resolution for the helping professions: negotiation, mediation, advocacy, facilitation, and restorative justice. 3rd edn. New York: Oxford University Press.

Burchill F (2014) Labour relations. 4th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Cotton E (2017) Surviving work in healthcare: helpful stuff for people on the frontline. London: Routledge.

Lee K and Sprotson R (2023) A straightforward guide to employment law. Rev. edn. Derby: Straightforward Publishing.

Johnstone S and Ackers P (2015) Finding a voice at work? new perspectives on employment relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mitchell B and Gamlem C (2015) The essential workplace conflict handbook: a quick and handy resource for any manager, team leader, HR professional, or anyone who wants to resolve disputes and increase productivity. Pompton Plains, NJ: Career Press.

Simms M, Holgate J and Heery E (2013) Union voices: tactics and tensions in UK organizing. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Trades Union Congress (2017) Facility time: a TUC guide to defending the right to represent members. London: TUC.

Trades Union Congress (2019) Pocket guide to organising and campaigning. London: TUC.

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Journals of interest for RCN reps.

• Activists (RCN magazines)

RCN reps can access these specialist journals from LRD Publications for free.

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• Labour Research is a UK monthly that keeps you right on top of what's happening in the unions - from how they're responding to the impact of government policy on unions and working people to union initiatives on recruitment and growth.
  
• Workplace Report covers the latest developments in pay and conditions, best practice and news on pay deals. Its centre section provides a unique update on case law developments in two areas of employment law each month.
  

ACAS (The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service)

• Information on rights at work. The ‘Advice and Guidance’ section includes an advice A-Z and ACAS Helpline for England, Scotland and Wales.
  

Equality and Human Rights Commission

• The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws in England, Scotland and Wales.
  

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

Labour Relations Agency (Northern Ireland)

• Provides an impartial and confidential employment relations service to those engaged in industry, commerce and the public services in Northern Ireland.
  

NHS Employers

• Aims to keep employers up to date with the latest workforce thinking, the information on this site is also useful for reps.
  

TUC150: 150 years of changing the world of work for good

• The Trades Union Congress presents a set of trade union stories from the past 150 years, snapshots of trade unionists.