Introduction Traditionally Australia has had government involvement in employment relations through laws governing terms and conditions of employment such as Work Choices and Fair Work Act. Australian workers have in general worked under “Awards” which set out minimum conditions for employment. The last few years have seen almost constant change in the nature of the Australian workforce and the regulations with the introduction of new legislation‚ and disagreement over the extent to which the
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………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 2. Employment Relations in Singapore ………………………………………………………… 1 3.1 Gender Wage Gap …………………………………………………………………… 1 3.2 Existence of Gender Wage Gap ……………………………………………………… 2 3.3.1 Compensation Differential …………………………………………..……… 2 3.3.2 Family Role Constraints ……………………………………………………. 2 3. Employment Relations Worldwide ………………………………………………………….. 3 4. Equity in Employment Relations ……………………………………………………………. 3 5.3 Economic Rationalism
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ownership and the political dominance by the Communist Party. In the sections below we shall discuss the characteristics of employment relations in China and compare its differences to that of Singapore. Three Old Irons Before the beginnings of the transition from a centrally planned economy‚ the system of three “old irons”; the iron rice bowl (guaranteed lifetime employment)‚ the iron chair (selection based on political orientation‚ absence of punishment for poor business performance)‚ and iron
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of power in the employment relationship equal or does the employer or employee have most power? Using an organization of your choice explore this question. Student ID: XXXXX Word count: 3000 1. Introduction With an employment of almost 2.2 million
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Introduction In Singapore industrial relations is important as Singapore is a hub for global activities‚ if Singapore were to be an inequitable place to work in‚ it will result in Singapore being unattractive to people to work in and firms would not be enticed to expand their business in Singapore leading to low job creation. There are various systems in place in Singapore to create an equal playing field in industrial relations. But no system is perfect‚ in the essay I would be talking about the
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industrial relation and human resource are the two major components of the business which has not changed much. Industries sure are dependent on the customer‚ but they are also dependent of their work force and employees. There is always a need to perform coordination between the industrial needs ad employee needs thus many organisation and countries have brought in changes to their system and they have revamped the employment relations according to the changes. The employment relations were initially
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its impact on unions and employers in industrial conflict. The paper will mainly focus on the Workplace Relations Act 1996. This Act would be used to explain the effects it had on the shift of control using relevant case study examples. This paper is divided into four parts‚ explanation of conflict in the workplace‚ the invisible frontier of control‚ and the impact of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 with case study examples. Introduction It has been argued that industrial conflict is inevitable
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Managing Employment Relation Factors on employment relationship The employee relation is a balancing act between what the employee and employer needs. Employees generally want to make enough money to live comfortably and be able to have a good balance between work and home life‚ the employer usually want to make money or provide a good service( depending on the organisation) and to have employees work hard without paying employees too much. There is a fine line between the both of them‚ they
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Employment Relationships- Problems and Perspectives Introduction The employment relationship is the heart of any industrial relations system. It is the relationship between the employer and the employee. A successful employment relationship has always been the foundation of any successful business or organisation no matter how big or small. Variety of philosophers and writers of management have written a lot of theories relating to employment relationship. These theories have changed vastly from
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1001EHR Employment Relations Essay: Assignment 1 For any type of company‚ human resources (HR) are the vital body and the people within that company are essential in keeping that body in fine fettle. This essay will analyse through diverse evidence whether or not “Manager’s encouragement of employee voice can lift the well-being and productivity”. Clearly said by Dulewicz (1989) “a basic human tendency is to make judgments about those one is working with‚ as well as about oneself”. Noting that
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