Employment driven industrial relations regimes: the Singapore experience
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1995
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 259 S. graph. Darst. |
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Contents
Figures and tables IX
Foreword ™
Preface **
Introduction
1 A paradigm for comparative analysis in industrial
relations
The behaviour of the industrial relations actors 4
Industrial relations regimes
Labour market issues under the two industrial relations
regimes
A comparison with other concepts of industrial relations
regimes
c 16
Summary
2 Industrial relations systems: Applicability to Singapore 18
The definition of industrial relations 18
The five main approaches to industrial relations 24
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The incomes policy approach 29
Industrial relations periods in Singapore 31
Conclusion 42
Appendix: Some economic indicators of Singapore 45
3 Trade unions 46
Trade union ideology and objectives 47
Types of trade union structure 50
Trade union density 58
The costs and benefits of trade union membership 62
Alternative union structures under employment
maximization which increase union membership 70
Conclusion 73
Appendix: The rating system of the benefits index 80
4 Employers' associations 84
Reasons for the setting up of employers' associations 85
The power structure of employers' associations in
selected countries 89
Employers' associations in Singapore 93
The strategy of the Singapore National Employers'
Federation 99
Summary 106
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5 The government in industrial relations: The
Industrial Arbitration Court in Singapore 112
The roles of the government in industrial relations 112
The Industrial Arbitration Court of Singapore 117
Basic guidelines adopted by the Industrial Arbitration
Court in awarding cases 122
Summary 130
6 Incomes policy in Singapore: The National Wages Council 137
The rationale for incomes policy 138
The effectiveness of incomes policy in developed
countries 139
Meade's model of incomes policy 141
Singapore's incomes policy the National Wages Council 142
Compatibility between the National Wages Council and
the employment driven industrial relations regime 146
Conclusion 147
7 Joint consultation: Industrial democracy in Singapore 150
Joint consultation in Singapore 152
Case studies of joint consultation arrangements 163
Prospects for joint consultation in the 1990s 183
Appendix: Productivity committee model constitution 194
8 Collective bargaining issues in the 1980s 200
Collective bargaining structures 201
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The common issues covered in a collective agreement 203
Future issues in collective bargaining 216
Summary 222
9 Singapore's industrial relations system: Strengths and
weaknesses 228
The development strategy of Singapore 228
The politics of industrial relations in Singapore 230
Singapore's industrial relations system: An assessment 231
Bibliography 235
Index 248
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Figures and tables
Figure 1.1 Sectors in the labour market 17
Figure 2.1 Equilibrium wage and employment in the labour
market 44
Figure 3.1 The required monetary benefits curve 76
Figure 3.2 The determination of union membership 77
Figure 3.3 The dynamics of union membership 78
Table 3.1 The mean and standard deviation of the fringe
benefits index 79
Figure 4.1 A cost benefit analysis of employers' association
membership 108
Figure 4.2 The seniority wage system and the age of
retirement 109
Figure 4.3 The flexible wage system and the age of
retirement 109
Table 4.1 Membership of the SNEF by capital ownership 110
Table 4.2 SNEF membership by firm size 111
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Table 5.1 Legal framework of industrial relations in
Asean countries 132
Table 5.2 Dispute settlement procedures in Asean countries 133
Table 5.3 Voluntary and compulsory references to the IAC,
1960 89 134
Table 5.4 Analysis of awards by causes 135
Table 5.5 Basic statistics of the variables 136
Table 5.6 Logit estimation results 136
Figure 6.1 Equilibrium wage and employment in the
labour market 149
Figure 7.1 Relationship between joint consultation
and collective bargaining 185
Figure 7.2 Functional types of joint consultation
committees in relation to the collective
bargaining machinery 186
Table 7.1 Issues discussed under collective bargaining,
grievance handling, and joint consultation
systems 187
Table 7.2 Number of WECs by sector and year (cumulative) 187
Table 7.3 State of LMR and its reasons 188
Table 7.4 Positive results of WECs 189
Table 7.5 Reasons for unsuccessful WECs 190
Table 7.6 Factors promoting the effectiveness of
joint consultation programmes 190
Table 7.7 Views of workers' representatives on major
factors hindering the effectiveness of joint
consultation 191
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Table 7.8 Management's views on factors hindering the
effectiveness of joint consultation 191
Table 7.9 The four main areas for improvement in
joint consultation as advocated by
personnel managers and union leaders 192
Table 7.10 The percentage of companies by types of
employee participation programmes, 1990 193
Table 8.1 Percentage of CAs which specified issues
on general terms and conditions of
employment, 1980 89 225
Table 8.2 Percentage of CAs which specified issues on
leave entitlement, 1980 89 226
Table 8.3 Percentage of CAs which specified issues on
financial assistance, 1980 89 227
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