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5th year Buiness
Industrial Relations
Explain | Example | State |
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The quality of relationship between employees and employers. | If these are poor there will often be conflict between employers and staff | Industrial relations |
This refers to a positive attitude to work. | Employees attitude to work can be improved by providing free food. | Morale |
This describes when employees are missing from work on a regular basis. | If this happens a lot then it can be a sign of a poor working environment. | Absenteeism |
This refers to the amount of staff who leave the company. | High levels of staff leaving a company not only mean the staff are unhappy there, but also can costs the company a lot of money | Staff Turnover |
These are interest groups which seek to uphold and improve the working conditions of their members | An example of one would be SIPTU which is the largest trade union in Ireland | Trade Union |
This is a worker and trade union member who has been elected by colleagues as their representative in the workplace. | For example if you have issues in work with something and you are a member of a union you can contact them for help. | Shop Steward |
Workers receive a pay rise because they are carrying out extra work. | For example filling 60 Monopoly boxes a minute instead of 40, workers could demand this pay increase. | Productivity pay increase |
Workers often seek pay increase to keep pace with the level of inflation in the economy | For example when the cost of food and rent and other living expenses go up , then workers seek to get a similar increase in their pay. | Cost of living pay increase |
This is when workers bal bl bkabn | Strike |