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MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT

LAW Author: Maimunah Aminuddin

Chapter OneAn Overview

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Defining industrial relations

The focus of industrial relations

Tripartite systems and the key players

Employment legislation

Role of the Ministry of Human

Resources and other key agencies

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What is industrial relations?Industrial relations is the relationship

between an employer and his employees,

especially where the employees are members

of a trade union.

Industrial relations is also known as:

Employment relations

Labour relations

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The focus of industrial relations

IndustrialRelations

Relationship between

employers &trade unions

Laws relating toemployment

Disciplinary procedures &termination ofemployment

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Who needs to study industrial relations? Workers

Trade union leaders

Managers

Lawyers

Human resource management

specialists

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Tripartite industrial relations systems: 3 parties, all inter-related

Employees & their

trade unions

TheGovernment

Employers

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Key players in Malaysian industrial relations National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC)

Ministry of Human Resources

Malaysian Trades Union Congress

(MTUC)

Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF)

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

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The International Labour Organisation

The ILO is an agency of the United

Nations.

It has no powers to enforce any

directives or rules.

It formulates key labour standards

which members, including Malaysia,

are expected to implement.

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Employment laws Laws providing basic benefits and

rights for employees and employers Laws establishing a framework for

the industrial relations system Social security laws Safety laws Laws restricting employment of non-

Malaysians

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Role of the government in IR

To protect welfare of workers

To promote good employer-employee

relationships through a peaceful IR system

To assist the unemployed find employment

To conduct national level human resource

planning

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Ministry of Human Resources

Departments which play a key role in IR:

Department of Labour

Department of Industrial Relations

Department of Trade Union Affairs

Department of Occupational Safety and

Health

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Other key agencies The Employees Social Security

Organisation

The Employees Provident Fund

The Industrial Court

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Review Defining industrial relations

The focus of industrial relations

Tripartite systems and the key

players

Employment legislation

Role of the Ministry of Human

Resources and other key agencies