Industrial Relations in Singapore (ePub)

-->Industrial Relations in Singapore — Practice and Perspective is a comprehensive account of the key developments in industrial relations in Singapore over the last five decades. It offers a holistic, one-stop information depository of relevant industrial relations frameworks, institutions, processes and practices, and issues from a practitioner's perspective. -->Contents: AcknowledgmentForeword 1Foreword 2About the AuthorIntroductionTrade Unions: Then and NowTrade Unions: Legal Framework, Structure and ManagementEmployers and Employers' FederationsRoles of the Government in Industrial RelationsUnion Representation and RecognitionCollective BargainingCollective AgreementsDisputes Resolution — ConciliationDisputes Resolution — ArbitrationIndustrial ActionsTerms and Conditions of EmploymentManagement of Employment-related Claims from Individual EmployeesWage Policies and Practices and the National Wages CouncilRetirement and Re-employmentRetrenchmentDismissal and TerminationTripartismIndustrial Relations in the Banking SectorIndustrial Relations in the Air Transportation SectorIndustrial Relations in the Petrochemical SectorConclusion and Unique Features of Industrial Relations of SingaporeIndex --> -->Readership: This book is appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students and academicians, as well as professionals and consultants in Human Resource Management. -->Industrial Relations"This book is a crystallisation of more than 35 years of practices and first-hand experiences in industrial relations. What is even more significant is that these are gleaned from Oun Hean's involvement in different industry sectors and institutions under various capacities. A rare find in Singapore, this is definitely a must read for industrial relations practitioners and students."Ong Chin AngFormer Director of Industrial RelationsNational Trades Union Congress and Executive Secretary of various unions"Oun Hean is a leading Human Resource and Industrial Relations (HR/IR) professional with extensive experiences accumulated from his early years of service with the Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Manpower) as a senior conciliator as well as HR directors in several major establishments in key industries. With such a rich background, I am pleased that he has decided to share his valuable experience through the publication of this book. I am sure that HR/IR practitioners, particularly the younger ones, will find this book useful. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the legal framework for dispute settlement, processes as well as key industrial relations events."Ong Yen HerDivisional Director of Labour Relations and WorkplacesMinistry of Manpower from 1985 to 2012 and an active member of various tripartite committees and taskforcesCurrently, Senior Advisor in the Ministry "Drawing from his vast experiences with the Ministry of Manpower, companies across industries and as a member of SNEF Industrial Relations Panel and Industrial Arbitration Court Employer Panel, Oun Hean's book Industrial Relations in Singapore comprehensively covers important legal provisions, processes, guidelines, institutions and practices. A must read reference book for HR practitioners and line managers dealing with people issues."Tan Jenk DongHead, Corporate Services, CapitaLand Singapore Ltd"Written from both practitioners' and educators' perspectives, Oun Hean's book is indeed a welcome addition to the current literature on Singapore industrial relations system. It strikes a superb and much needed balance between academics' and practitioners' views on employee and industrial relations policies and practices in Singapore. A total of 21 chapters provide a wide but critical coverage of the subject matter. Students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) will find the book especially informative and will appreciate the various insights shared by the author. Meanwhile seasoned HR/IR practitioners can definitely use it as a useful handbook and up-to-date reference guide."Associate Professor David WanSingapore University of Social Sciences Key Features:Comprehensive coverage of both the legal and practical aspects of industrial relations in Singapore, drawing from hands-on experience in collective bargaining, conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes, as well as handling of dismissal appeals and union recognition claimsViews from several industrial relations veterans are capturedHighlights of industrial relations developments and salient practices in three important industry sectors are included