INTRODUCTION
Collective bargaining is the course of negotiating the relationship between a group of employees (usually represented by their trade unions) and an employer in order to organize the relationship between these parties. It is an important step and serves as the basis of solving disputes and conflicts. In this course, participants will be able to introduce civil rights into industry to avoid arbitrary decisions. They will be able to formulate healthy environment rules, restrictions and rights are clearly defined.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
- Increasing the strength of the workforce
- Restricting arbitrary action
- Securing employers and employees rights
- Being able to fairly settle grievances
- Opening channel of communication between employees and employers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Managers
- Members of trade unions
- Business people
- HR officers
PROGRAM OUTLINE
- Overview of industrial relations
- History
- Industrial relations vs. labor relations
- Today’s crisis in industrial relations
- Pluralist perspective
- Unitarist perspective
- Marxist/Radical perspective
- HR’s role in today’s workplace and beyond
- HR as a strategic business partner
- Definition of collective bargaining
- Involved parties
- History
- Collective bargaining world wide
- Trade unions
- Strikes
- Duties of employees
- Duties of employers
- Wages scales
- Working hours
- Holidays
- Vacations
- Benefits
- Dispute resolution
