Industrial relations is used to denote the collective relationships between management and the workers. Traditionally‚ the term industrial relations is used to cover such aspects of industrial life as trade unionism‚ collective bargaining‚ workers’ participation in management‚ discipline and grievance handling‚ industrial disputes and interpretation of labor laws and rules and code of conduct. In the words of Lester‚ "Industrial relations involve attempts at arriving at solutions between the
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Employee relations may be defined as those policies and practices which are concerned with the management and regulation of relationships between the organisation‚ the individual staff member‚ and groups of staff within the working environment. The objective of the policies and practices are to create • An effective mechanism for communication and participation • A safe and secure work environment • Commitment for the employer and motivation for the employees Employment relationships are built
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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
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Discuss a historical turning point in New Zealand Employment Relations. “Parliament‚ in the last 100 years or so‚ has a lot to say about conditions of work and the relationship between employers and their employees” (Deeks & Rasmussen‚ 2006). There have been many industrial disputes regarding the arbitration system between 1894 and 1991 which has influenced changes to New Zealand Employment Relations. One of the many industrial disputes was the waterfront industrial dispute 1951. This dispute in
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Essex Employee Relations – BE 414 Name: Alexei Leon Student number: 1102810 Word count: 1512 The unitarist approach to management and organization suggests that trades unions are‚ in Kelly’s (1998; 2005) terms‚ ‘managers of discontent’. . Discuss This essay will debate the unitarist perspective by comparing it with three other important UP:12/11/2012-11:48:17 WM:12/11/2012-11:48:19 M:BE414-5-AU A:12a1 R:1102810 C:2412B3C20A137A45C1C1045F0B3995EAA87D0190 employee relations theories: pluralism
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MG240 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment 1. Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining is a process of negotiations between the employer and a group of employees in which terms and conditions of employment are decided. Employees are usually represented in bargaining by a union. The major subjects of bargaining are as follows‚ compensation‚ personnel policies
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from a fall off of the same barge. This company is well known for being a dangerous place to work‚ but according to conversations I had with some of his co-workers‚ employees were threatened with the loss of their jobs if they complained. Any job carries inherent risk for injury‚ even if you sit in an office all day. Without their employees‚ product would not be designed‚ fabricated or sold. A good Manager knows he has an ethical if not moral obligation to satisfy the needs of his customer‚ but what
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provisions‚ the Schultz v Wheaton Glass Co. case of 1970 rules that jobs need to be “substantially equal” but not “identical” to fall under protection of the act. This prevented the employer’s tendency to merely change job titles of women workers to justify paying them less than men for the same position. Four years later in 1974‚ the Corning Glass Works v. Brennan case prohibited employers from mitigating their paying of females workers lower wages simply because that is what they traiditionally received
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PAY AND BENEFITS There are five major components of job satisfaction‚ one being monetary benefits (Ghillyer 2010). According to Ghillyer (2012) an employee’s behavior towards their pay may affect their work performance. The issue that arises with employee motivation is that management is unable to satisfy all (Ghillyer 2010). This becomes an even larger problem when employees being joining unions‚ resigning and being frequently absent (Ghillyer 2010). The according to Weissmann (2012)‚ employees
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Four Ways to Reward and Motivate Employees All businesses want motivated employees. Using monetary and other rewards to improve motivation is a simple idea‚ but doing it fairly and effectively is a challenge. Four steps to follow in implementing a rewards program are as follows: 1. Establish an action plan. 2. Be creative in determining rewards. 3. Give employee rewards a personal touch. 4. Group rewards may be appropriate‚ but do not undermine individual initiative. Reaction:
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