A Presentation Report on

Labor - Management Relations

LABOR RELATION DEFINED

Relationships between the employee and
the employer
Relationship of management and labor
union

Governing Rule and Principles

Labor Standards Law

Social Legislation
Labor relations law now embodied in
the Labor Code

Labor Relations as a Personnel

Management Function

1. Administration and application of

the personnel of the personnel
policies and programs adopted by
2. management
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-

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

Dissatisfaction

Irritation
Complaints
Grievances
Misunderstanding between employeremployee

Presidential Decree No. 21

CREATING
CREATING A
A NATIONAL
NATIONAL LABOR
LABOR RELATIONS
RELATIONS COMMISSION
COMMISSION
AND
AND FOR
FOR OTHER
OTHER PURPOSES
PURPOSES

Rationale
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

The HUMAN NEEDS Classified

Basic Physiological/Primary Needs
1. Hunger
2. Rest and Sleep
3. Protection from the elements
4. Propagation of race
Social and Psychological/Secondary Needs
1. Companionship
2. Approval of Other
3. Assertion of oneself
4. Self-approval
5. Protection from unjust labor practices

Annoyances in the Labor Relations

Workers Displeasures
1. Profit based labor practice
2. Production Cost vs Labor Expenses
3. Contemporary Business Management
practices
4. Biased decisions and judgements
5. Deficiencies in the HR administration and
labor Law Compliance
6. Legislative safeguards against employees
and unions

Annoyances in the Labor Relations

Employers Displeasures
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Loyalty of employees
Managements reduced disciplinary powers
Indifference towards Management
Labor Unions politics
Legal/Regulative Harassment
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 Security

Closed Shop understanding between firm and labor
union in which members covered by the CBA must be in
good standing during the life of the agreement
Union Shop bargaining unit should in a prescribed
period join the union in good standing and remain a
member in order to retain their jobs
Agency 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 countries
First specialized agency by the UN
a transnational organization whos 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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