Negotiating Collective Agreement and Industrial Relations Workshop

  

About this Course

Singapore has enjoyed several decades of sustained industrial harmony, and this has become a key competitive advantage in attracting investment. Moving forward, management and unions/employees should work even more closely together to foster the synergistic partnership to achieve business excellence.

The relationship between management and employees is vital as it affects the attitude and morale of employees and their productivity. HR practitioners, managers and others whose duties include negotiating or implementing terms of a collective agreement need to know how terms are negotiated and the legal requirements.

The effective negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement requires a good understanding of the negotiating process.

At the end of this one day workshop, you should be able to apply the skills gained when negotiating collective agreements in your organization.


Objectives

  • Gaining knowledge of Industrial Relations and how to build good industrial relations harmony.


  • Understanding the key issues of Collective Agreement Negotiation and how to create a conducive environment for Collective Bargaining.


  • Resolving industrial relations dispute in an amicable manner.


  • Partnering Union stewards as strategic business partners to achieving company goals.

  • Outline

    The workshop content is as follows:

    1. Establishing the Pillars of Industrial Relations

    2. Why Industrial Relations is important?

    3. Understanding the historical background of Industrial Relations in Singapore

    4. What are the factors contributing to Industrial Harmony and Disharmony?

    5. Understanding the Code of Industrial Relations Practice

    6. Establishing Industrial Relations Legal Framework

    7. What is a Trade Union?

    8. What is Freedom of Association?

    9. Why there should be no discrimination against Trade Unions Members?

    10. Why injuring or dismissing employees on account of industrial action is prohibited?

    11. Establishing Trade Union Leadership

    12. Identifying Types of Trade Union

    13. What is the role of National Trade Union Congress?

    14. Identifying the reasons for forming and joining Union.

    15. What is a recognised Trade Union?

    16. Establishing the Types of Union Membership

    17. Outlining the Limited Representation of PMEs

    18. Identifying Non-Negotiable Matters

    19. Recognizing Wrongful Dismissal

    20. What are Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreement?

    22. Determining the Legal Requirements

    23. Establishing Steps to Collective Agreement

    24. Arbitration at Industrial Arbitration Court (IAC)

    25. What is Industrial Action?

    26. Which are the Essential Services?

    27. Outlining the Preparation for Collective Agreement

    28. Amendment to Collective Agreement

    29. Understanding the Grievance Procedure

    30. Case Studies


    Methodology

    The workshop incorporates:

    1. Discussion
    2. Applicable examples
    3. Interactive exercises
    4. Case study
    5. Question and Answer Session


    Who Should Attend

    HR practitioners, Line managers, supervisors, executives and those who are involved in building good industrial relations and negotiating or implementing a Collective Agreement.


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