Critical analysis and Comparison of Employment Relation Actors of Australia and India

RUNNING HEAD: EMPLOYEE RELATION MANAGEMENT
Employee Relation Management
A comparison between Australia and India
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9/16/2019

EMPLOYEE RELATION MANAGEMENT
Critical analysis and Comparison of Employment Relation Actors of Australia and India
The relationship of management of the company and its employees is known as the
employment relations. It is the process in which, the companies try to manage their relationships
with its employers and employees as well as try to maintain healthy professional relations
between employees as well as employers. There are some parties or actors involved in the
process of employment relations, which are employees, employers, trade unions and Jurisdiction.
In this research essay, an attempt is made to analyze the employment relations of companies in
Australia and India. Australia is a developed country and India is developing on a faster pace
with which the employment relations of the companies of these countries are considered very
crucial. In this assignment, the mentioned actors of employment relations have critically
compared, contrasted and analyzed in order to bring efficiency in the operations of the
companies operating in these countries (Heinelt 2018, p. 93). The factors influencing
employment relations due to state, trade unions, employers and jurisdiction of respective
countries are analyzed in following paragraphs. This in turn can help both the countries in
developing their economy in more productive and efficient way (Narayanan 2016, p. 448).
One of the major actors or a component of employment relations is the state or the
government of the country in which the company is operating or conducting its operations (Dries
2013, p. 279). The involvement of state or government is very crucial in maintain relations in
any company. Mainly this helps in providing safe working environment to employees in the
company as well as helps in maintaining the employment rate high with the retention rate as
well. It also acts as one of the major component of industrial relations where the employment
relation is just only a part of it (Gold, Oire, & Fabian 2012, p. 2012). The involvement of state in
employment relations establishes the involvement of respective government and its policies in
the functioning of the organizations. The government facilitates the creation and follows through
of restrictions, regulations, rules, auxiliary, etc by the companies operating in that country
(Maier, Tavanti, Bombard, & Gentile 2015, p. 386). The government of Australia and India has
made many rules and regulations that direct the professional relationship behavior of employees
and management of the companies (Australia: Emploement and Labour Law 2019). According to
major bodies of Australian government, which take care of human resources of the country and
major labor laws, the safety and security of human resources of the country, is among their top
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most priorities. Some legal bodies of state that govern employment relations in Australia are
Legal Service Commission of South Australia, Attorney- General’s Department of Australian
Government, etc (Indian Governemnt 2019). In India, the respective government department
maintains the employment relations. The name of the department is Ministry of Human Resource
Development (MHRD). It is one of the ministries of Indian Government and act as the sole
authority for managing the human resources of the country. In the both countries, the
management of human resources as well as employment relations is done with respective
governing bodies of the central government. They implement various rules, regulations, laws,
acts, etc, which enforce the behavior of all parties involved in the employment relations. The
state governing principles of each country differs as the laws, economic conditions, GDP, growth
rate, etc of both the countries differ. Based on that the influential regulations to protect the rights
of all involved parties in employment relations are framed by respective governments of
Australia and India (Mello 2015, p. 43).
Trade unions are considered another important component of employment relations. They
act as the managing bodies of employees, which fight and negotiate for the rights and dignity of
employees of the particular organization (Carberry & Cross 2015, p. 55). A trade or labor union
is the union or group of people that come in together to provide assistance to employees of
various organization related to grievance and rights of employees in their workplace. Trade
unions can be formal or informal in nature. In formal trade unions, the authorized governing
bodies such as government or employment relation organizations make the unions. In informal
trade unions, the unions are formed informally by a bund of people, which are seeking justice for
themselves or others. In basic functions of trade unions, some of them are corrective bargaining,
negotiation, strikes, protests, etc. In Australia, there are many formal as well as informal trade
unions, which together take care of the rights of the human resources of the country (Narayanan,
Rajithakumar, & Menon 2018, p. 232). The most famous trade unions of Australia are Australian
Council of Trade Unions, Australian Workers’ Union, Australian Manufacturing Workers Union,
Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, etc. There are some trade unions of Australia, which are
specifically made for particular trade or industry such as Maritime Union of Australia, Electrical
Trade Union of Australia, Transport Workers Union of Australia, builders’ laborers federation,
etc. In India there are less trade unions as compared to Australia, however they tend to facilitate
the rights of the human resources of India in an effective manner. As India is a developing
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