MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT LAW Author: Maimunah Aminuddin

1. MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT LAWAuthor: Maimunah Aminuddin Chapter One An Overview Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

2. Learning outcomes from this chapter, • Students be able to • Define industrial relations and understand its’importance • The focus of industrial relations • Tripartite systems and the key players • Role of the Ministry of Human Resources and other key agencies Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

3. Test your knowledge- • resources within an organization Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

4. People within organization_ who are they? Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

5. Test your knowledge- what components involve in industrial environment? Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

6. Preview • Defining industrial relations • The focus of industrial relations • Tripartite systems and the key players • Employment legislation • Role of the Ministry of Human Resources and other key agencies Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

7. Workers make up an important part of the industrial relations system Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

8. What is industrial relations? Industrial relations examines the relationship between labor (employees) and management (the employer), as well as the governments, institutions, and organizations that directly or indirectly regulate the industrial relations system. Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

9. The definition Industrial relations is the relationship between an employer and hisemployees, especially where theemployees are members of a tradeunion. Industrial relations is also known as: • Employment relations • Labour relations Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

10. How the good IR bring advantage • Objectives • An industrial relations system seeks to minimize workplace disputes, create an environment of goodwill and mutual cooperation, and promote harmony and democracy throughout all levels of the organization. • Benefits • An employer that maintains good industrial relations contributes to worker productivity, creates high employee morale, and reduces the pollution caused by factory and technological waste products. Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

11. THE COST FOR BAD RELATIONSHIP Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

12. The focus of industrial relations Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

13. How knowledge on industrial relations benefit these group of people? Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

14. What do we want? Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

15. The role of manager • Top-level management • Top-level management must communicate and negotiate with employee organizations to avoid strikes, law-suits and protests. This level of management interacts with employee organizations on a large-scale, as opposed to lower tiers of management which mostly rely on human resources to conduct employee interactions. • Low-level management • Low-level (or local) management interacts with employees on an individual basis (often through a human resources department). All levels of management are involved in industrial relations, but low-level management has little or no say in big-picture decisions (employee compensation and benefit alterations). Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

16. The Role of Trade Unions in Industrial Relations • Trade unions, are organizations of workers in a common trade who have organized into groups dedicated to improving the workers' work life. • A trade union generally negotiates with employers on behalf of its members, advocating for improvements such as better working conditions, compensation and job security. These unions play an important role in industrial relations -- the relationship between employees and employers. Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

17. Government role in IR • Industrial Relations and Politics • The top-level management of an industry represent financially powerful organizations, while employee unions yield strong voters’ support. • These two types of organizations are among the most politically influential. • Both use petition and lobby to influence the outcome of elections or the creation of legislation. Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

18. Tripartite industrial relations systems Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

19. Government influences Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

20. Key players in Malaysian industrial relations • National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) • Ministry of Human Resources • Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) • Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) • International Labour Organisation (ILO) Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

21. The International Labour Organisation • The ILO is an agency of the United Nations. • It has no powers to enforce any directives or rules. • It formulates key labour standards which members, including Malaysia,are expected to implement. Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

22. Employment laws • Laws providing basic benefits and rights for employees and employers • Laws establishing a framework for the industrial relations system • Social security laws • Safety laws • Laws restricting employment of non-Malaysians Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

23. Role of the government in IR • To protect welfare of workers • To promote good employer-employee relationships through a peaceful IR system • To assist the unemployed find employment • To conduct national level human resource planning Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

24. Ministry of Human Resources Departments which play a key role in IR: • Department of Labour • Department of Industrial Relations • Department of Trade Union Affairs • Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law

25. Other key agencies • The Employees Social Security Organisation • The Employees Provident Fund • The Industrial Court Malaysian Industrial Relations & Employment Law