Case-Study IR Problems at Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited On January 08‚ 2006‚ Toyota Motor Corporation’s (Toyota) Indian joint venture company‚ Toyota Kirloskar Motor Private Limited (TKM) declared a lockout at its plant in Bidadi‚ Karnataka. The lockout came after two days of agitation by the plant’s employees against the dismissal of three workers by the management. The strike was the outcome of an incident that occurred in February 2004 when the management suspended 15 employees
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LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMPENSATION AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Indian labor laws are the laws that regulate employment. These are broadly divided into 5 categories: working conditions‚ industrial relations‚ wages‚ welfare and social securities. Under the Constitution of India‚ Labor is a subject in the Concurrent List where both the Central & State Governments are competent to enact legislation subject to certain matters being reserved for the Centre. The Ministry of Labor and Employment has the responsibility
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References: Du Toit‚ D. et al (2003). Labour Relations Law – A Comprehensive Guide. Fourth Edition. Durban. Lexis-Nexis Butterworths Cheadle‚ H Olivier‚ M. (2006b). Strikes Lock-outs‚ and Related Forms of Industrial Action : Lecture Notes for PGDLL. University of Johannesburg ____________________________________________________________ COSATU (1999). Submission to the Minister of
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Collective Actors in Industrial Relations: What Future? IIRA World Congress‚ Track 4 Rapporteur’s Report 1 Thomas A. Kochan MIT Institute for Work & Employment Research And MIT Workplace Center April 2003 The term “actors” in industrial relations gained currency in John Dunlop’s Industrial Relations Systems (1958). He proposed that three parties—employers‚ labor unions‚ and government-- are the key actors in a modern industrial relations system. He also argued that none of these institutions could
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The following report will discuss American retail giant‚ Wal-mart’s current ethical and business objectives. The report will look at Wal-mart’s employee relations in regard to discrimination and other various issues involving their employees. It will look at how their ethical stance contradicts with what has gone on in the past regarding associates (employees) and management. We will also look at their business objectives or as Wal-mart calls them – “comparable store sales”‚ where they measure the
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Progressive Discipline Theresa K. Trafford Southern New Hampshire University Employee and Labor Relations October 2011 Abstract Discipline within the workplace is and has been a controversial subject. With so much at stake‚ employers and employees have different opinions on types of discipline and the effectiveness of these processes. One largely debated form of workplace discipline is progressive discipline. Should employees be encouraged to rehabilitate in the workplace? Should management
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Prior to 1965‚ the voluntary system of industrial relations patterned along the British system was in practice. Under such system‚ the concept of self-government and autonomy within industry was the key to industrial harmony. The two sides of industry were encouraged to regulate their collective relationship and to settle any dispute arising therefrom through their own efforts and through mutually agreed procedures‚ with minimal State intervention‚ such intervention being confined mainly to providing
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Quality of Working Life‚ Industrial Relations and Labour Productivity Report from two workshops in WORK-IN-NET Stockholm‚ May 25-27‚ 2005 Horst Hart‚ Erling Ribbing‚ Kenneth Abrahamsson WORK-IN-NET Labour and innovation: Work-oriented innovations – a key to better employment‚ cohesion and competitiveness in a knowledge-intensive society -2- WIN-Coordinator’s Foreword This report is based on the main findings of two workshops on Quality of Working Life‚ Industrial Relations and Labour Productivity
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Synopsis of John Dunlop’s Industrial Relations Systems John Dunlop’s analysis and study of the concepts‚ structure‚ function‚ practices‚ outcome and the institution that are constitutive of the employment relationship have paved the way in the establishment of the main framework of an industrial relations system. According to Dunlop‚ the system is composed of three main actors and their organizations‚ the context or setting in which they interact‚ the common ideology held by the actors and
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Critique: System and Change in Industrial Relations Analysis As a student of industrial relations‚ I am often bombarded with conflicting theories and reasons for the emergence and importance of this field. Edmond Heery outlines and analyses the justaposition of two different views of modeling this vast and often debated area of industrial relations. His article looks at two types of model building in IR. First‚ the traditional model of systems-thinking set forth by John Dunlop‚ one of the pioneers
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