Employer organisations Flashcards
What do employers interests depend on? (4)
- Industry/sector
- Labour or technology
- Multy national or indigenous
- The economy
Concerns for employers (3)
- Nationalising of industry
- Control over the decision-making process
- Productivity/Achieving goals
What are the objectives of an employer organisation (5)
- Preserve economic enterprise system
- Returns for owners
- Utilisation of human resources
- Maintain control over decision making
- Good employee-employer relationships
What is the objective of the employer
Make money in the capitalist system
Employer association
Formed to promote the interest of employers in trade and industry.
What is another name for an employer association?
Federation
What are subscription fees like in an employer association?
High
Why were employer associations formed?
To counter trade unions
What must an employer association hold?
Negotiating licence
What legislation in Ireland regulates employer associations
Trade unions act 1941
What are employer associations required to do under legislation
Register as a trade union for collective bargaining
What were the earliest employer associations
Medieval guilds
What do EAs do (5)
- Exchange views
- Lobbying
- Media relations
- Provides services
- Collective bargaining and representation
What services do employer associations provide?
information, research and advice, education and training and consultancy on human resource management practice
Multi-employer bargaining
Industrial level negotations
Enterprise-level negotiations
Negotiate between a single employer and association
What are the types of eas
Pure, pure trade, dual
Pure employer organisations
Represents interest in employment relation and labour market
Pure trade associations
Represents product market interest of the employers only
Dual associations
Represents both but focuses on labour markets
Example of dual association
Construction industry association
Why are employer associations important? (3)
- Bargaining and social bargaining
- Representation
- Government consults with them
What are the advantages of employer Associations (4)
- Uniform policies: eg standardise pay and conditions
- Advice from experts
- Assistance with industrial relations problems
- Influence government policies
Disadvantages of employer associations (3)
- Cost of membership
- Loss of autonomy and flexibility
- Greater acceptance of the role of trade unions
