Industrail Relations

International Comparative Industrial Relations- Comparative study No | Indicators | Common Criteria suggested in Research | Australia | Britain | US | Germany | Denmark | Japan | France | Italy | Sri Lanka | A | Themes ( Key topics/subjects about IR system components) | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | IR System | | | | | | | Japanese Model of IR–Three Pillars and Jacoby’s classification-Statist Micro corporatism 1. Lifetime employment’, 2. Seniority and merit-based pay, and 3. Enterprise unionism | | | | 2 | Key Changes taking place in the IR system | | | | | | | Major changes Japanese IR are ; 1. Rise of non-regular employment linked to increasing inequality and poverty, 2. The introduction of performance-related pay 3. Modest deregulation of labour Market | | | | 3 | Status of Present employment Relations | | | | | | | * Contemporary Japanese employment relations are relatively stable, and relations between labour and management are generally cooperative | | | | 4 | Other Key topics of Importance such as disputes, Unions and issues | | | | | | | * No of labour disputes growing * High union Density Declining * Union Membership Declining * Range of social, economic and labour trends pose challenges to the future of unions. * Growing concerns on how to protect the employment and working conditions of ”atypical workers” who are not represented by trade unions. | | | | B | Context | | | | | | | | | | | | General | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Population/ Size and Pop density | | | | | | | 127 Mn population –143,619 square miles Area-Population Density -336 people per square KM | | | | 2 | Labour force size | | | | | | | 66 Mn labour force with 73% labour participation | | | | 3 | Type of Labour | | | | | | | Significant no of Foreign Employees in Japanese Labour Market | | | | 4 | Other macro conditions | | | | | | |