Employee/ Employer conflict Flashcards
Employee / Employer conflict
Money/ Salary
Decision Making / Personality Clash
Vacation Days
Working Conditions
Poor Communication
Redundancies
Organizational Change
Values eg. new offices
What can employees do to cause conflict
Collective bargaining:
Trade union negotiates with the employer on behalf of all workers in the union
Strike Action:
Stop working for a period of time
Overtime Bans:
Refuse to do more than the contracted hours per week
Slowdowns/ go-slows:
Work at minimum speed as per their contract
Employee lose bonuses, businesses lose profit
Work to Rule:
Refuse to do any work outside the contract
Trade union
Organization of workers (employees) with the objective of:
Improving pay
Improving working conditions
Providing legal support
What can Employers do resolve conflicts
Collective bargaining (Unions):
Threats of redundancies
Make them redundant if they don’t agree to terms
Possibility of poor publicity
Change the contract:
Increased working hours or job requirement when renewing contracts
Lock-outs:
Temporarily close the factory so workers do not get paid
Closure:
Completely close the factory- leading to redundancies
Public reactions:
To get public support for their side which puts pressure on Unions
Conflict resolution between employees and employers
Conciliation and arbitration- The use of a 3rd party to help resolve a dispute
- Conciliation- use of 3rd party to encourage EE and ER communication and reach a compromise
- Arbitration- use of 3rd party to listen to both sides and then make a binding decision
Employee participation and industrial democracy- Achieve a closer working relationship between EE and ER
- E.g. Employee or Trade Union representatives on the board, Employee share ownership
No-strike agreement- Union members agree to not strike
Single-union agreement- ER only negotiates with one Union
