Industrial relations are concerned with the relationship between management and workers and the role of the regulatory mechanism in resolving any industrial dispute.
Meaning and Definition
Industrial relations are
concerned with the relationship between management and workers and the role of
the regulatory mechanism in resolving any industrial dispute. A formal
definition is “concerned with the systems, rules, procedures used by unions and
employers to determine the reward for effort and other conditions of
employment, to protect the interest of the employee and their employers, and to
regulate the ways in which employers treat their employees”.
The International Labour
Organization (ILO) stated that “industrial relations deal with either the
relationships between the state and employers’ and workers’ organizations or
the relations between the occupational organizations themselves”.
The concept of industrial
relations has been extended to denote the relations of the state with
employers, workers and their organizations. The subject, therefore, includes
individual relations and joint consultation between employers and work people
at their work place; collective relations between employers and their
organizations and trade unions and the part played by the state in regulating
these relations.
From the various definitions given above, we
understand that:
1. Industrial relations is an outcome of
employer-employee relationship in an organization
2. Industrial relations facilitates harmonious relationships in an organization by setting a framework for the management and the employees
3. Industrial relations is based on mutual compromise and adjustment, for the benefit of both the parties involved
4. The state and the legal system also have a role to
play in the maintenance of a conflict- free industrial environment
5. The different parties in the system with a
well-defined role are the management, the employees and the unions.
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