Leaving Certificate Business Studies (Industrial Relations Conflict) Mind Map on Industrial Relations Conflict, created by Dani O'Rourke on 20/11/2013.
when workers in one firm receive a pay rise, works doing similar work in another firm seek a similar increase
Relativity claims
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when workers doing different types of work require a wage increase in order to restore the pay relationship which previously existed with a specified category of worker
Productivity claim
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when workers feel that their workload has increased w/o adequate compensation, they may seek a pay rise for being more productive
Cost of living claim
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workers may seek a pay rise when the price of goods & services increases from one year to the next - inflation
Employment Equality Act 1998-2004
Discrimination
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Discrimination: the treatment of one person in a less favourable way than another is, has been or would be treated, b/c of...
...gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, disability, race, traveller.
Harassment
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harassment: any act or conduct which is unwelcome and offensive, humiliating or intimidating on a discriminatory ground, incl. spoke, gestures, written materials, pictures.
Equal Pay
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Equal Pay: all contracts must contain an equal pay clause - all employees are entitled to the same pay for like work, similar work, work of equal value
Redress under this Act
Complain
Labour Relations Comission
Legislative ways
Industrial Relations Act 1990
Legitimate Trade Dispute
(Industrial action can take place)
Primary picketing
Secondary picketing
Secret ballot
Illegal Trade Dispute (no
industrial action allowed)