Chapter 3 Unit 1 Flashcards
What are industrial relations
Refers to the relationship between the employer and employees in an organisation
What are the benefits of a Positive industrial relations
Recruitment and retention Employee motivation Intrapreneurship Change Industrial action
What are the causes of industrial relations conflict
Pay Working conditions Technology Redundancy Unfair dismissal
What are pay claims
A demand made by employees to their employer for an increase in pay
What is inflation
Increase in the cost of goods and services From one year to the next
What is the compatibility claim
When employees want to pay increase because people tune similar work have received a pay increased
What is the cost of living claim
When employees want a pay increase as the rate of inflation has gone off
What is productivity claim
Employees want a pay rise as the workload has increased or they have adapted to changes
What is Relativity claim
This is pay of one group of workers is linked to the pay of another group even though they’re performing different jobs if one group increases do you want increases by the same percentage
What is a trade union
An organisation that aims to protect and improve pay working conditions of its members example ASTI
What Is a shop steward
Elected by trade union members access to unions representative in that workplace
What are benefits of joining the trade union for employees
Protects employment rights provide information support better pay And working conditions National level
Benefit of trade union membership for employers
Faster negotiation introducing change improve health and safety
What does ICTU Stand for
Irish Congress of trade unions
What is the I ST you
There umbrella body that represent and campaigns on behalf of trade union members in Ireland
Explain individual Bargaining
Individual employees be with employer to negotiate the best pay/working conditions for themselves
Explain collective bargaining
Where are them ploy and negotiate pay/working conditions With a group of employees
Explain national collective bargaining/Social partnership
Involve social partners negotiating pay/working conditions at national level
What are the types of legal industrial action
Official strike All outstrike work-to-rule token stoppage overtime ban
What are the type of illegal industrial action
Unofficial strike
Wildcat strike
Political strike
What is the process of a non-legislate of method of resolving industrial relations conflict
Meeting and talking Negotiation Consolation Mediation Arbitration
What is conciliation
An independent person who listens to both side of the dispute trying to bring both sides to come to an agreement
What is mediation
An independent person who heats both sides of the dispute and then outlined how do you think they should resolve the problem
What is arbitration
An independent person who salmon is an issue after listening to both sides and then make a decision on how to problem sugar salt this is not legally binding so therefore can be a rejected by one the parties
