Industrial Relations in Singapore

Practice and Perspective

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:

• Acknowledgment
• Foreword 1
• Foreword 2
• About the Author
• Introduction
• Trade Unions: Then and Now
• Trade Unions: Legal Framework, Structure and Management
• Employers and Employers' Federations
• Roles of the Government in Industrial Relations
• Union Representation and Recognition
• Collective Bargaining
• Collective Agreements
• Disputes Resolution — Conciliation
• Disputes Resolution — Arbitration
• Industrial Actions
• Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Management of Employment-related Claims from Individual Employees
• Wage Policies and Practices and the National Wages Council
• Retirement and Re-employment
• Retrenchment
• Dismissal and Termination
• Tripartism
• Industrial Relations in the Banking Sector
• Industrial Relations in the Air Transportation Sector
• Industrial Relations in the Petrochemical Sector
• Conclusion and Unique Features of Industrial Relations of Singapore
• Index

Readership: This book is appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students and academicians, as well as professionals and consultants in Human Resource Management.
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 claims
• Views from several industrial relations veterans are captured
• Highlights of industrial relations developments and salient practices in three important industry sectors are included