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I ndustrial Rela

Basic concepts an Classifications Classifications

tions Statistics:

nd definitions and

Reynold Simons, Senior Specialist Employment and Labour Market Policies, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean

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Statistical concepts an

Industrial Relations Industrial Relations …. Here understood as a s

administration

Processes of setting wa System of interaction be

employers p y

Employment relationsh

informality) Unionisation/Trade uni

Unionisation/Trade uni

Collective Bargaining c indicators of the right t

nd Industrial Relations

very broad concept very broad concept special focus in the labour

ages and conditions of work etween (organised) labour and

hip (ICSE and issues of ions: Unionisation rate and ions: Unionisation rate and coverage rate (only proxy to organise/bargain)

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Statistical concepts an Di t

Disputes Industrial Action Index approach to p

indicator (no interna ( level of:

protection labour en

p

Limitations place up

competitive p

nd Industrial Relations present a “statistical” ational standards) of the )

njoys (labour view) or j y ( )

• n employers to be

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Key concepts

Disputes Industrial Action Types (st Coverage (regional sector Coverage (regional, sector Parties and numbers involv Issues Duration Effect: normal hours of wo

the ICLS standard the ICLS standard

Outcomes (no internationa

Process

A t l d i d t

Actual and perceived outcom

trike, lock-out, other) ral involvement) ral, involvement) ved

• rk/work days lost … cost not in

al standards)

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mes

Complaints & D

Statistical standard d

Complaints: Not men Disputes: Yes

Conceptual approach

p pp

“strikes, lockou due to lab due to lab

Disputes

definition:

ntioned

h of the 15th ICLS:

uts and other action bour disputes” bour disputes

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Critical role of t

The dispute is critica

“criterion used to ide single lockout”

ICLS resolution impl

p “dispute” relates to a

Complaints are “indiv

Complaints are indiv however can evolve

the “dispute”

al because it is the entify a single strike or a ies that the concept p a “collective” of workers vidual” matters which vidual matters which into a labour dispute

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Grievances comp Grievances, comp and industrial act

The majority of “day-to

without being “noticed

Internally: top managem

Internally: top managem Externally: “Third party Both are statistically of

Grievances become for

solved and “trigger” a

Internal: HR departmen Internal: HR departmen

internal (company/TU)

External: The DoL, the

Relevant for (national) ( )

plaints disputes plaints, disputes ion

• -day” grievances are settled

” by

ment or the TU ment or the TU ” institutions no interest

rmalised once they are not grievance procedure that is:

nt and/or the TU ….. Relevant for nt and/or the TU ….. Relevant for statistics Industrial Court or other …. statistics

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Distinguishing bet Distinguishing bet and disputes

Complaints: the grie

(formally) invokes a ( y) the grievance addre department, the Do

Disputes: A TU or g

involved in handling f k

• f one or more work

action or otherwise disagreement” over disagreement over

tween complaints tween complaints

eved individual a formal procedure to get p g essed by the HR L or the Industrial Court roup of workers become g a grievance or complaint k

d i di

t b kers and indicate by that there “is a this with the employer

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this with the employer

Classification of

Three levels:

Relation to the Collective Major reasons/issues:

j /

Compensation Working conditions Employment problems,

Trade Union Issues

Trade Union Issues

• ther work place issues

sympathy or solidarity (o Protest (only non-CA rela Other

Detailed reasons

Reasons of disputes/com

t t l if b i want to classify by main

disputes/complaints

Bargaining Process (yes or no)

(only non-CA related)

• nly non-CA related)

ated)

mplaints are often multiple … my /i

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reason/issue

Industrial Actio

Strikes (TU/Workers):

temporary work stoppage

• ne or more groups of wo
• ne or more groups of wo

to enforce/resist demands

workers

Lock-outs (Establishmen Lock-outs (Establishmen

temporary closure place(s

normal work activities of e

to enforce/resist demands to enforce/resist demands

employers

Other Action: TU/Worke

modes of action modes of action

• n

e

• rkers
• rkers

s/express grievances, or supporting other

nt/Employer) nt/Employer)

s) of employment or the hindering of employees s/express grievances or supporting other s/express grievances, or supporting other

rs or Employers but different

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Identifying a si

A strike/lockout= all (tem

to the same labour dispu

involving employees/self-

g p y / establishments at one tim

Involving employees/self-

establishments at a differ stoppages is not more tha stoppages is not more tha

Strikes that evolve into l

a strike lockout if: Same labour dispute Same labour dispute Is a strike up to the time Subsequently as a lockout Info about the lockout sh

a strike.

ingle strike/lockout

mporary) work stoppages related ute:

employed workers in one or more p y me

• employed workers in one or more

ent times if the period between an two months an two months

• ckouts or vice versa

that the lockout was declared t from the time the lockout occurred.

• uld include whether it was preceded by

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p y

Industrial Actio and coverage

Principle:

Directly: workers actu

actually closing workp actually closing workp

Indirectly: workers w

• thers have stopped;

the lock-out of other the lock out of other

• Coverage

Strikes and Lock-outs

All i d i / i

All industries/regions Directly involved (wer

involved)

• n: Involvement

ually stopping work, employers places or hindering work places or hindering work ho have to stop working because employers who fre affected by employers employers s (cut off point allowed) re possible include indirectly

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Parties and nu

Workers

Each worker involved (in)directly

regardless if this was for whole o regardless if this was for whole o

Part-time workers to be counted Those absent from work, authori

d i f h b duration of that absence

Establishments Also self-employed worker Also self employed worker

those indirectly involved o

• f the action

mbers involved

at any time during the action

• r part of the duration
• r part of the duration

as individual zed or not, to be excluded for the

rs when measuring rs when measuring

• r the secondary effects

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Duration

Two principles :

Spells (measured i

p ( counting from the first group) to the

• f workers who sto
• f workers who sto

in between spells t

Span (measured in

Span (measured in from the start of t to the end of the a who stopped) who stopped) in normal workdays): y ) start of the action (by the end of the action (last group

• pped) Normal working days
• pped). Normal working days

to be excluded n callender days): counting n callender days): counting he action (by the first group) action (last group of workers

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Duration: time n (measured in no

Estimate for each da

workers involved and duration

Compute hours not w

schedule of each cate

For days not worked

f k d / hif

• f work per day/shift

workers involved

not worked

• rmal hours of work)

y of the strike/lockout for all d calculate total for full worked: Use the normal work egory of workers involved. convert using normal hours f h f t for each category of

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Measurement

Standardised instrum

employers and TU/w

At the start At the end

Identification of Indu Identification of Indu

Obligation to report Papers

p

Labor Inspection

Government Sector

ment to be presented to workers ustrial Action: ustrial Action:

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Analytical meas

The amount of tim

workers:

Time not worked b

1,000/Total numb

The number of wo

workers:

Number of worker

number of worker

sures

me not worked per 1,000 by workers involved x er of workers

• rkers involved per 1,000

rs involved x 1,000/Total s

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Analytical meas

average number of wor

lockout;

average amount of time average amount of time

lockout;

average duration per st average amount of time

involved;

percentage distributions percentage distributions

variables according to t involved, amount of tim

• ther characteristics
• ther characteristics

sures

rkers involved per strike or e not worked per strike or e not worked per strike or rike or lockout; e not worked per worker s of the data on the main s of the data on the main he number of workers me not worked, duration and

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