International Employment Relations Review‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ 2002 49 WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS? Peter Slade University of the Sunshine Coast This article examines the question as to whether or not a new paradigm of employment relations is emerging. In doing so‚ it examines the nature of ideologies‚ and argues that the specific adoption of pluralism and the joining of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management as a prerequisite to the evolution of a new field of enquiry is misplaced. It
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Work and Employment Relations in the Fast Food Industry The fast food industry is expanding globally over the years despite of downturns in national economies. Due to the rapid growth and success of the service‚ issues such as workers’ right‚ pay levels and conditions of work are often questioned. While fast food industries has expanded globally and become multinational corporations (MNCs)‚to what extent they are able to impose common employment practices on diverse national systems of labor legislations
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Interconnectedness as a result of social media networking tools. Social media networking tools has aided international relations and globalization reach the goal of understanding culture of diverse countries around the world. International relations focus on how countries‚ people and organizations interact and globalization is making a profound effect on international relations. (Lianna Amirkhanyan‚ 2012) According to Clay Shirky‚ the reality is that social media has become coordinating tools for
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significant word here is Creditability‚ publicity is regarded as more credible then advertising; to attract positive publicity requires establishing a good working relationship with the media. This is of course easier said then done‚ your job as public relations professional is to provide the media with none biases information about your organization whether it is electronic or print with and you do this by furnishing them with a press release. Its what editors and reporters receive and read each day to
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Essay: Assessment Three 1001EHR Employment Relations Mangers’ encouragement of employee voice can lift well-being and productivity. Discuss. Employee voice is about the participation of employees by influencing decision making in the organisation. In the past‚ union voice has had the leading voice mechanism with supplementing from employers union voice with nominated non-union reps that often is sitting on joint consultative committees (Charlwood‚ 2006). The classic work of Freeman and Medoff (1984)
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Prerogative gone too far? Summary of Argument Employment relations legislation has undergone a number of significant transformations over the past decade due to changing government (Loudoun‚ McPhail‚ & Wilkinson‚ 2009).While the original legislation passed had increased managerial prerogative and reduced employee’s rights‚ the most recent changes have endeavoured to restore the balance of power (O ’Neill & O ’Neill‚ 2010). Industrial relations plays a vast part in determining managerial influence;
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Industrial Relations Issues • Identify and explain the industrial relation issues in the case • What are the requirements that need to be met and or steps that need to be taken initially? Why? • analyze potential challenges or problems in the case and how they could be addressed. • At what level or levels of the Industrial Relation Systems will most of these issues have to be addressed; Explain typical procedures that would be applicable. • Justify any advice
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1. Identify the various HR and employee relations issues as depicted in the case. Support the issues with the Labour Act(2007) and Affirmative Action measures as stipulated in the Act. The various HR and employment relations issues as depicted in the case are: * Regular absenteesm by Ms Philander * Poor performance which has affected productivity * Disclossure of confidential information * Description based on health reasons * Lobour dispute which has been registered by the
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who have come together to achieve common goals such as increasing pay‚ increasing the number of employees which an employer hires‚ and improving working conditions. The trade union bargains with employers on behalf of all its members and negotiates labour contracts; the most common purpose of a union is to maintain or improve employment conditions. There is the difficulty of measuring performance however this paper will only look to examine the effect of trade unions on a firms performance in economic
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OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY. VOL. 7‚ NO. 1 THE REDISCOVERY OF THE MANAGEMENT PREROGATIVE: THE MANAGEMENT OF LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE 1980s JOHNPURCELL Templeton College‚ Oxford Downloaded from oxrep.oxfordjournals.org by guest on February 5‚ 2011 I. INTRODUCTION Restructuring and the process of deregulation has been especially marked in the field of labour relations. Institutional changes in the scope and level of collective bargaining‚ in union recognition‚ and in dispute resolution
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