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LABOUR MANAGEMENT
RELATIONS
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LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS

OVERVIEW
• Labour Rights
• Management Rights
• Labour Obligations
• Management Obligations
• Creating Good Labor
Relations
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LABOUR RIGHTS ISSUES

• Hour limits
• Child labour
• Work place conditions
• Safety and social sustainability
• Living wage
• Migrant workers
• Equal treatment for labours
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LABOUR OBLIGATIONS

• To perform the works specify in its

contract
• To follow instructions given by the
management
• To report for in always fit and
mental conditions
• To handle with care of all
instruments and tools entrusted to
him for work
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EXAMPLES OF UNFAIR
LABOUR PRACTICE

• Obstruct Management of Nonunion Employees

• Obstruct Alternative Union Organizing
• Punish Union Members from Complaining
About Union
• Refuse to Consult or Negotiate in Good Faith
• Engaging in Secondary Boycotts
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MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS

• To provide work to the worker according

to the contract
• To provide him with material and
necessary tools
• To pay the worker wages regularly
• To respect the workers human dignity
• To cover the medical cost of the worker
• To give the worker weekly rest days
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EXAMPLES OF UNFAIR
MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
• Punishing employee filing grievance
• Firing employee organizing a union
• Threatening prohibited punishments
• Changing working conditions without
bargaining
• Refusing mediation or arbitration when required
by contract
• Excluding union reps from “formal discussions”
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INDICATIONS OF GOOD LABOR

RELATIONS
• Management looks for suggestions from
union
• Impact of union on mission is neutral or
positive
• Amount of litigation is low