Industrial Relations/Labour Relations 1
Industrial Relations/Labour Relations 1 : An area of specialized study and practice which is mainly concerned with the relations between labour (the workers) and management (the employers) and the state (governmental institutions) as such relations relate to the industrial setting (workplace). It can also be viewed as the art and science of seeking to understand industrial conflict, and to develop rules, arrangements and institutions for its effective Management. Some academics see it as being "The study of the various aspects of job regulation", while others view it as "The study of certain regulated or institutional relationships in industry". Also called labour and management relations, this specialist pursuit embraces the work of the trade union officers, personnel/human resources managers, labour economists, labour lawyers, mediators, conciliators, arbitrators, safety and health specialists, governmental labour specialists, and a variety of other specialists and professionals who deal with the world of work. An industrial relations system can be described as being of the voluntaristic type or the legalistic/regulatory type. With the Voluntaristic model, there is no preponderance of legislation and state regulations to dictate workplace industrial relations. As such, labour and management to a great extent set the rules and fashion the relationships. In such a model, the collective agreement is not enforceable by law. In the case of the legalistic/regulatory model, there is by definition a preponderance of labour legislation and state intervention in the process. Such systems are dominated by labour laws and labour. Codes as well as industrial courts and tribunals. In this system, the collective agreement is a legal document
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