industrial relations

American  

noun

1. (used with a plural verb)  the dealings or relations of an industrial concern with its employees, with labor in general, with the public, etc.

2. (used with a singular verb)  the administration of such relations, especially to maintain goodwill for an industrial concern.

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industrial relations British  

noun

1. (functioning as plural) those aspects of collective relations between management and workers' representatives which are normally covered by collective bargaining

2. (functioning as singular) the management of relations between the employers or managers of an enterprise and their employees

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industrial relations Cultural  

1. Relations between management and labor unions or between management and individual workers. Sometimes called labor relations.

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Etymology

Origin of industrial relations

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

With no organized outreach, the grievances of cannabis workers about substandard conditions and threats of violence often show up in California’s wage claims system, run by the Department of Industrial Relations.

From Los Angeles Times

The operator has struggled to deliver all its planned services amid staff shortages it has blamed on staff sickness and a training backlog, and amid poor industrial relations.

From BBC

The leader of one of the other big unions suggests the government "thought boxing off the RCN was a clever move, but it's just not the way unions work …they were more focused on the PR than industrial relations".

From BBC

Dr Manuela Galetto, co-director of the Industrial Relations Research Unit at Warwick Business School, says ministers might "be using the strategy of waiting for the nurses to accept the 5%" so they could argue that junior doctors should accept it too.

From BBC

The Department of Industrial Relations has not taken a stance on Glazer’s audit request.

From Los Angeles Times