Employer organisations Flashcards

1
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What do employers interests depend on? (4)

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  • Industry/sector
  • Labour or technology
  • Multy national or indigenous
  • The economy
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2
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Concerns for employers (3)

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  • Nationalising of industry
  • Control over the decision-making process
  • Productivity/Achieving goals
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3
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What are the objectives of an employer organisation (5)

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  • Preserve economic enterprise system
  • Returns for owners
  • Utilisation of human resources
  • Maintain control over decision making
  • Good employee-employer relationships
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4
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What is the objective of the employer

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Make money in the capitalist system

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5
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Employer association

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Formed to promote the interest of employers in trade and industry.

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6
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What is another name for an employer association?

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Federation

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7
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What are subscription fees like in an employer association?

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High

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8
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Why were employer associations formed?

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To counter trade unions

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9
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What must an employer association hold?

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Negotiating licence

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10
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What legislation in Ireland regulates employer associations

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Trade unions act 1941

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11
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What are employer associations required to do under legislation

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Register as a trade union for collective bargaining

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12
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What were the earliest employer associations

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Medieval guilds

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13
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What do EAs do (5)

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  • Exchange views
  • Lobbying
  • Media relations
  • Provides services
  • Collective bargaining and representation
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14
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What services do employer associations provide?

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information, research and advice, education and training and consultancy on human resource management practice

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15
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Multi-employer bargaining

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Industrial level negotations

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16
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Enterprise-level negotiations

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Negotiate between a single employer and association

17
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What are the types of eas

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Pure, pure trade, dual

18
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Pure employer organisations

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Represents interest in employment relation and labour market

19
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Pure trade associations

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Represents product market interest of the employers only

20
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Dual associations

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Represents both but focuses on labour markets

21
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Example of dual association

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Construction industry association

22
Q

Why are employer associations important? (3)

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  • Bargaining and social bargaining
  • Representation
  • Government consults with them
23
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What are the advantages of employer Associations (4)

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  • Uniform policies: eg standardise pay and conditions
  • Advice from experts
  • Assistance with industrial relations problems
  • Influence government policies
24
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Disadvantages of employer associations (3)

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  • Cost of membership
  • Loss of autonomy and flexibility
  • Greater acceptance of the role of trade unions