Employment Relations in Automotive Industry: Indian Experiences

The forces of globalization and marketisation of the economy have shifted the scale in favor of employers. The changing patterns of work and nature of employment coupled with not so employee friendly judgments have an abiding impact on the psychological contract at workplace. The issues which are most pertinent in employment relations raise certain questions which needed to be probed and analyzed. Is recognition of union a factor that affects the employment relations? Is compliance of statutory requirements not given the required thrust? In search of answers to these questions, incidents happened in five industries were investigated. The outcome illustrates declining compliance to statutes and unfair practices.