industrial relation chapter 1
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CHAPTER ONECHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
What is industrial relations?
Industrial relations is the relationship
between an employer and his employees,
especially where the employees are members
of a trade union.
Industrial relations is also known as:
Employment relations
Labour relations
INTRODUCTION (con’t)
• The purpose of the industrial relations is to unite the group of employees and employer as one big, happy family.
• One of the important principles behind the Industrial Relations is the collective bargaining between the employee’s union and the employer to achieve a collective agreement.
INTRODUCTION (con’t)
• In Malaysia, the Industrial Relation is governed by the Industrial Relation Act 1967, which serves the purpose to regulate the relations between employers and the workers/employees, as well as preventing trade disputes that can burst out of control.
The focus of industrial relations
IndustrialRelations
Relationship between
employers &trade unions
Laws relating toemployment
Disciplinary procedures &termination ofemployment
Importance of IR
Who needs to study industrial relations?
• Workers
• Trade union leaders
• Managers
• Lawyers
• Human resource management
specialists
Tripartite industrial relations systems: 3 parties, all inter-related
Employees & their
trade unions
TheGovernment
Employers
Key players in Malaysian industrial relations
• National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC)
• Ministry of Human Resources
• Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC)
• Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)
• International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Role of the government in IR
• To protect welfare of workers
• To promote good employer-employee
relationships through a peaceful IR
system
• To assist the unemployed find
employment
• To conduct national level human resource
planning
Ministry of Human Resources
Departments which play a key role in
IR:
• Department of Labour
• Department of Industrial Relations
• Department of Trade Union Affairs
• Department of Occupational Safety
and Health
Other key agencies
• The Employees Social Security Organisation
• The Employees Provident Fund
• The Industrial Court
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