A Presentation Report on Labor - Management Relations

LABOR RELATION DEFINED

• Relationship of management and labor unionGoverning Rule and Principles

• Labor Standards Law• Social Legislation• Labor relations law now embodied in

the Labor Code

• Relationships between the employee and the employer

Labor Relations as a Personnel Management Function

2. Administration of the collective bargaining contracts with the union

3. Solution of day-to-day problems that arises in connection with labor and social legislation and government rules realtive to employee-employuer relations

1. Administration and application of the personnel of the personnel policies and programs adopted by management

Labor Relations as a Personnel Management Function

• The efficient use of the material resources of any organization depends on how well it is utilized by its Personnel or Manpower (Martinez et. al, 1993:215)

• A code of the ways of organization and treating individual at work so that they will each get the greatest possible realization of their intrinsic abilities , thus attaining maximum efficiency for themselves and their group, and thereby giving to the enterprise of which they are a part its determining competitive advantage and its optimum result. (Spates, 1994:9)

Sources of Labor Problems

• Irritation• Complaints• Grievances• Misunderstanding between employer-

employee

Dissatisfaction

Presidential Decree No. 21CREATING A NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS COMMISSION

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Promote industrial peace• maximize productivity• secure social justice for all the people

Original and Exclusive Jurisdiction• All matters involving employee-employer

relations including all disputes and grievances which may otherwise lead to strikes and lockouts under Republic Act No. 875

• All strikes overtaken by Proclamation No. 1081• All pending cases in the Bureau of Labor

Relations.

Rationale

The HUMAN NEEDS Classified

Social and Psychological/Secondary Needs1. Companionship2. Approval of Other3. Assertion of oneself4. Self-approval5. Protection from unjust labor practices

Basic Physiological/Primary Needs1. Hunger2. Rest and Sleep3. Protection from the elements4. Propagation of race

Annoyances in the Labor Relations

Workers Displeasures

1. Profit based labor practice2. Production Cost vs Labor Expenses3. Contemporary Business Management

practices4. Biased decisions and judgements5. Deficiencies in the HR administration and

labor Law Compliance6. Legislative safeguards against employees

and unions

Annoyances in the Labor Relations

Employers Displeasures

1. Loyalty of employees2. Managements reduced disciplinary powers3. Indifference towards Management4. Labor Unions politics5. Legal/Regulative Harassment 6. Abuse of entered Collective Bargaining

Agreements

Labor Union

• guardian of the just interest of an organizations employees/workers

• organized to mediate or facilitate grievances of employees to various factors that affect or in effect cause disillusion/chaos to the workforce

• ensure security of labour rights of the workforce• as stipulated in the constitution the right to organize

groups is favored in essence in every company/organization

Why Join Unions/Labor Group• Selfishness or foolishness of company or both• Outside agitators, rabble-rousers, and radicals1

• Unfair and arbitrary treatment• Inequality of pay or low wage• Effectiveness of mass action in dealing with

employers and promotion of their rights as mandated by the Labor Code

• Social and psychological satisfaction• Management failure to equal treatment • Provision of labor contracts for compulsory

membership

Why join Unions/Labor Group• Enlistment by members of co-employees • Solution to common labor problems

Types of Union• Industrial Union – composed of workers in an

organization/company in a particular firm or plant regardless of occupation.

• Craft Union – restricted to persons working in the same trade or related occupation in the firm

Federation, Local, and Independent Union

• Federation of Unions are organization of affiliated local union duly registered with DOLE

• Local Union is formed by employees dependent on its’ own by-laws and has no restriction other than those imposed by the federation

• Independent Union are non-federation affiliated organizations

Union Security• Provision in a Collective Bargaining

Agreement wherein a employer approves the terms of employment in protecting the Union from loss of membership or income derived from membership dues.

Forms of Union SecurityClosed Shop – understanding between firm and labor union in which members covered by the CBA must be in good standing during the life of the agreementUnion Shop – bargaining unit should in a prescribed period join the union in good standing and remain a member in order to retain their jobsAgency Shop – are employees who are not member of the recognized bargaining unit are assessed a reasonable fee equivalent to the dues and other fees paid by by members of the recognized union in order to avail the benefits under the bargaining agreement

The International Labor Organization

Established in 1919 and has 185 member countriesFirst specialized agency by the UNa transnational organization who’s purpose is the international collaboration of securing permanent peace and eliminate injustices through the improvement of labor practices.Dedicated to the promotion of constructive dialogues in the field of industrial relations

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