New Characteristics,New Problems And Countermeasures Research On The Development Of Industrial Relations In China

Ever since the reform of state-owned enterprises,while a modern enterprise system with clear property rights is established,industrial relation as a supporting reform measure also experienced market transformation.Industrial relation,which is an important fundamental relation in the social and economic field,plays a vital role in improving the economic efficiency and enhancing the stable development of the society.With the proceeding of the economic system reform in China,however,conflicts between employees and employers in the industrial relation have been deepened gradually,and the issue of Industrial relation is worthy of attention.Based on the macro statistics of industrial relation,various indexes from 2000 to 2014,including changes in the quantity of labor-capital disputes and reasons for labor-capital disputes,have been analyzed with the help of Excel,It is considered that industrial relation in China has shown the following new characteristics in recent years:firstly,the growth of labor-capital disputes has declined;secondly,there are changes in the interest demand of labors;thirdly,labor-capital disputes are mainly settled through arbitration;fourthly,the proportion of winning of both employers and employees in the labor-capital dispute settlement increases.While new characteristics take shape,the following new problems also arise:firstly,there are challenges to the establishment of collective industrial relations;secondly,labor-capital disputes are still based on the survival demand;thirdly,the labor-capital dispute settlement cost increases;fourthly,the abuse of power by labors cannot be overlooked.According the above analysis,the following policy suggestions are put forward.Firstly,change the role of government in governing the industrial relation by aiming at the transformation towards the collective industrial relations;secondly,accelerate the establishment of a collective labor-capital dispute settlement mechanism according to the problems of collective labor-capital disputes;thirdly,enhance the independence of industrial union by analyzing its role;fourthly,improving the quality and ability of labors;fifthly,establish a preventive mechanism for labor-capital disputes.