Causes of poor industrial relations
- Inadequate wages or low wages structure.
- Unhealthy working atmosphere and environments.
- Lack of discipline in the organisations.
- Lack of skill on the part of supervisors to handle the workers.
- Mental intertia on the part of the workers and management.
- Retrenchment, dismissals, lock-outs and strikes.
- Inter-union rivalries.
- Uncongenial economic and political environments.
- Demand for monetary increments.
- Introduction of automation.
- Heavy load of work.
- Inadequate welfare and recreation facilities.
- Disputes in respect of sharing the profit of the organisation.
- Unfair labour practices adopted by the management.
- Lack of training facilities and promotional opportunities for the workers.
- Policy of discrimination adopted by management.
- High handedness on the part of management in treating workers.
Conditions of good industrial relations
- Recognition of the labour force as an equal partner by the management.
- Payment of fair wages to the employees.
- Appropriate arrangements to handle and redress the grievances of the employees.
- Avoidance of political pressure by the workers.
- Avoidance of unfair labour practices.
- Avoidance of strike, lock-out, retrenchment and dismissal.
- Avoidance of inter-union rivalries.
- Avoidance of indiscipline in the organisation.
- Introduction of suitable system of education and training to workers.
- Appropriate and effective communication system and feedback system.
- Establishment of joint committees for the various matters.
- Providing proper avenues for further prospects to the workers.
