Industrial Relations in Singapore

Practice and Perspective

Oun Hean Loh

• Publisher: WSPC
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9789813230378
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Organisational Behaviour
• Index: Business

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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

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--> Readership: This book is appropriate for undergraduates, graduate students and academicians, as well as professionals and consultants in Human Resource Management. -->
Industrial Relations

"This book is a crystallisation of more than 35 years of practices and first-hand experiences in industrial relations. What is even more significant is that these are gleaned from Oun Hean's involvement in different industry sectors and institutions under various capacities. A rare find in Singapore, this is definitely a must read for industrial relations practitioners and students."

Ong Chin Ang
Former Director of Industrial Relations
National Trades Union Congress and Executive Secretary of various unions

"Oun Hean is a leading Human Resource and Industrial Relations (HR/IR) professional with extensive experiences accumulated from his early years of service with the Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Manpower) as a senior conciliator as well as HR directors in several major establishments in key industries. With such a rich background, I am pleased that he has decided to share his valuable experience through the publication of this book. I am sure that HR/IR practitioners, particularly the younger ones, will find this book useful. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the legal framework for dispute settlement, processes as well as key industrial relations events."

Ong Yen Her
Divisional Director of Labour Relations and Workplaces
Ministry of Manpower from 1985 to 2012 and an active member of various tripartite committees and taskforces
Currently, Senior Advisor in the Ministry

"Drawing from his vast experiences with the Ministry of Manpower, companies across industries and as a member of SNEF Industrial Relations Panel and Industrial Arbitration Court Employer Panel, Oun Hean's book Industrial Relations in Singapore comprehensively covers important legal provisions, processes, guidelines, institutions and practices. A must read reference book for HR practitioners and line managers dealing with people issues."

Tan Jenk Dong
Head, Corporate Services, CapitaLand Singapore Ltd

"Written from both practitioners' and educators' perspectives, Oun Hean's book is indeed a welcome addition to the current literature on Singapore industrial relations system. It strikes a superb and much needed balance between academics' and practitioners' views on employee and industrial relations policies and practices in Singapore. A total of 21 chapters provide a wide but critical coverage of the subject matter. Students (both undergraduate and postgraduate) will find the book especially informative and will appreciate the various insights shared by the author. Meanwhile seasoned HR/IR practitioners can definitely use it as a useful handbook and up-to-date reference guide."

Associate Professor David Wan
Singapore University of Social Sciences
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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgment
• Foreword 1
• Foreword 2
• About the Author
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Trade Unions: Then and Now
• Chapter 3 Trade Unions: Legal Framework, Structure and Management
• Chapter 4 Employers and Employers’ Federations
• Chapter 5 Roles of the Government in Industrial Relations
• Chapter 6 Union Representation and Recognition
• Chapter 7 Collective Bargaining
• Chapter 8 Collective Agreements
• Chapter 9 Disputes Resolution — Conciliation
• Chapter 10 Disputes Resolution — Arbitration
• Chapter 11 Industrial Actions
• Chapter 12 Terms and Conditions of Employment
• Chapter 13 Management of Employment-related Claims from Individual Employees
• Chapter 14 Wage Policies and Practices and the National Wages Council
• Chapter 15 Retirement and Re-employment
• Chapter 16 Retrenchment
• Chapter 17 Dismissal and Termination
• Chapter 18 Tripartism
• Chapter 19 Industrial Relations in the Banking Sector
• Chapter 20 Industrial Relations in the Air Transportation Sector
• Chapter 21 Industrial Relations in the Petrochemical Sector
• Chapter 22 Conclusion and Unique Features of Industrial Relations of Singapore
• Index