Industrial Relations: Theories, Legislation, and Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

INDUSTRIAL RELATION
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
PART A...........................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Industrial relation theories by Alan Fox ................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................4
Identify four examples of unitarist frames of reference and four examples of pluralist frames
of reference in the policies of these political parties and briefly explain why each example is
unitarist or pluralist.................................................................................................................4
PART B............................................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
The legal basis of the employer-employee relationship of DHBs and health workers who are
members of the PSA and Allied Health unions and the current legal status of the recently
expired MECA and the legal rules for negotiating a new MECA. Refer to relevant law in the
Employment Relations Act 2000 including the legal rules for the initiating and concluding the
CEA process...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
New Zealand general election, major parties’ election promises, employment relations during
Covid-19 pandemic................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
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INTRODUCTION
Industrial relations means those aspects which is based over interactions taking place
particularly between labour and management that helps over achieving goals and objectives set
by business organizations. It is based over improving relations between employer and employee
that makes process within an industry performed more effectively. The concept has helped in
making employer understand about needs of employees more effectively. It is an important part
of industrial working as it leads over developing strong workforce with productive approach.
Scope of industrial relation is wider as it makes development possible of industry through
positive approach. In this file two parts are there within which essay is required to be written
over industrial relationship with legislation regarding it. In second part various perspective of
industrial relation has been covered with theories and models related to it.
MAIN BODY
PART A
TASK 1
Industrial relation theories by Alan Fox
The employment relationship has been based over three main framed which has been
identified by Alan Fox and they are refrence, unitarist, pularist and radical approches that helps
upon solving conflicts within workpalce. Further, theories has been discussed as follows:
Unitarist theory:
This theory is based upon all members which share interest and being homogeneous
within which third parties are viewed as irrelevant employees and employers having mutual
cooperation. Unitarism consists of management and staff members which shares common goal
over loyalty to organization.
Pluralist theory:
The pluralist approach helping over studying power which states over categorical upon
power that has been assuming within community. Under the approach community group over
facts which makes employees sustainability increased more effectively.
Radical theory:
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As per the theory various kinds of perspectives regarding innovation and development is
covered. In this theory new and very different from the usual way is covered more effectively.
These are those theories which are important for developing strong industrial relations
within an organization. The theories makes innovation developed within employees relation
making sustainability developed within working of an organization.
TASK 2
Identify four examples of unitarist frames of reference and four examples of pluralist frames of
reference in the policies of these political parties and briefly explain why each example is
unitarist or pluralist.
Four example of unitarist are the assumption that in workplaces, managers and employees have
the same goals and that those goals are aligned with corporate objectives. These examples shows
that unitarist approach which makes employee development possible with positive approach.
PART B
TASK 1
The legal basis of the employer-employee relationship of DHBs and health workers who are
members of the PSA and Allied Health unions and the current legal status of the recently
expired MECA and the legal rules for negotiating a new MECA. Refer to relevant law in
the Employment Relations Act 2000 including the legal rules for the initiating and
concluding the CEA process.
The relationship between employer and employee is based over legal legislations which
lead towards providing better framework for developing strong relation within employer and
employee. As per the framework selected legislation is Employment Relations Act 2000 that is
based upon providing legal foundation used for managing employee relation all over New
Zeland(Howell, 2019). It has been providing structure for collective agreements defining an
employee for covering basic element of employment with legal protection and obligation
regarding employer and employees. The act has outlined penalties as an employer and employee
face breaching over obligation of Act. This act aims over ensuring employment relationship
through incorporating good faith within various components of employment environment. Also
the act recognises about good faith legislation and act itself relating to good faith helping in
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