Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7 (A-), Anglia Ruskin University (Ashcroft International Business School), language: English, abstract: Partnership at work has been stressed in the UK by the establishment of the TUC Partnership Institute in 2001. Furthermore the government provides support by the partnership at work fund. This work examines the chances of success of the partnership approach to employee relations by evaluating advantages and disadvantages to employees and employers and their representatives. Furthermore, a comparison to previous approaches to employee relations is carried out.