Employment relations and the state

Question 1

Who is the only actor who can make laws in employment relations

Answer 1

The state

Question 2

What is the most powerful actor in employment relations and why

Answer 2

The state: they have the power to implement legislation, institutions (WRC and LRC) as well as implement systems such as the PUP

Question 3

What is the role of the state in society (4)

Answer 3

• Protect citizens from poverty
• Protect property rights of employers
• Social order
• Economic Growth and business creation

Question 4

What are the aims of the state in their decisions? (3)

Answer 4

• Encouraging economic performance
• Competitiveness
• Maintain popular position by persuing social goals

Question 5

What type of approach does Ireland have?

Answer 5

Centrist

Question 6

What are the 2 types of state intervention in employment relations?

Answer 6

Non-interventionist and Interventionist

Question 7

What are the 2 types of noninterventionist approaches that a state can use?

Answer 7

• Liberal collectivism/voluntarist

- Liberal/market individualism

Question 8

Liberal collectivism/voluntarist

Answer 8

Recognition of plurality in the working relationship

Question 9

What is the role of trade unions in a Liberal collectivism/voluntarist state?

Answer 9

They are listened to

Question 10

What is the role of the state in a Liberal collectivism/voluntarist approach

Answer 10

Provide infrastructure to facilitate IR issues such as the WRC and labour courts.

Question 11

Is collective bargaining accepted in a Liberal collectivism/voluntarist approach?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

Liberal/market individualism

Answer 12

Laissez-faire model

Question 13

Example of Liberal/market individualism

Answer 13

US and UK

Question 14

What is the view of trade unions in a Liberal/market individualism approach?

Answer 14

Their power should be curbed

Question 15

What approach do you see a commodity approach to labour?

Answer 15

Liberal/market individualism

Question 16

Commodity view of labour

Answer 16

Labour is something that is bought and sold on the free market

Question 17

What is the role of the state in ER in a Liberal/market individualism approach?

Answer 17

Avoids involvement in ER with little to no institutions

Question 18

What is the relationship solely governed by in a Liberal/market individualism approach

Answer 18

The contract between 2 people

Question 19

What is the state’s priority in a Liberal/market individualism approach?

Answer 19

Free Market

Question 20

Interventionist approaches (2)

Answer 20

State corporatism and liberal corporatism

Question 21

State corporatism

Answer 21

Total state involvement

Question 22

Where is state corporatism seen

Answer 22

Fascist dictatorships eg 30s/40s Germany

Question 23

What are the 2 variants of liberal corporatism?

Answer 23

Social and liberal competitive

Question 24

The social variance of liberal corporatism

Answer 24

Voice of different bodies brought together by the state.

Question 25

What approach do we see binding collective agreements?

Answer 25

social variant of liberal corporatism

Question 26

Where do we see the social variant of liberal corporatism

Answer 26

Scandinavia

Question 27

Liberal competitive variant of liberal corporatism

Answer 27

Avoids deregulation and maintain state welfare

Question 28

What is the goal of a Liberal competitive variant of liberal corporatism

Answer 28

increase competitiveness

Question 29

What are social pacts

Answer 29

Centralised agreements seen in social partnership in Ireland

Question 30

What do social pacts do

Answer 30

Slow but steady rise in wages

Question 31

What approach does Ireland use today and where is it going?

Answer 31

Liberal competitive variant of liberal corporatism -> market-led

Question 32

What heavly influence Ireland unacceptance of trade unions

Answer 32

Catholic church

Question 33

What was Irelands early century approach?

Answer 33

Laissez faire (market individualism)

Question 34

What was Irelands late century approach?

Answer 34

Liberal corporatism, this helped trade unions