Industrial Relations


HR Managers Responsibilities

The HR Manager's involvement in the system of industrial relations varies from organization to organization, but normally he or she is required to provide seven identifiable functions, thus:

1. To keep abreast of industrial law

2. To conduct (or assist in the conduct) of either local negotiations (within the plant) or similarly to act as the employer's representative in national negotiations.

3. To ensure that agreements reached are interpreted so as to make sense to those who must operate them at the appropriate level within the organization.

4. To monitor the observance of agreements and to produce policies that ensure that agreements are followed within the organization.

5. To correct the situations which go wrong.

6. To provide the impetus (and often devise the machinery) for the introduction of joint consultation and worker participation in decision-making in the organization.

7. To provide statistics and information about workforce numbers, costs, skills etc. as relevant to negotiations.