2. Assess the influence of the EU on
industrial democracy in the UK.
• The industrial democracy cab be termed as a
process that involves the workers in decision
making process, sharing of responsibilities and
the for authority at the workplace.
• The EU is developed partly as single market or
trading block
• The EU social policy is the the ‘community
Charter of the fundamental social rights of
workers ’
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4. • The four aspect of employee relation in EU
are: Equal opportunities, Employment
Protection, health and safety at work and
Employee relation.
• There is huge impact of the EU on the
industrial democracy of UK.
• The policies of industrial democracy in EU
were brought to improve the working and the
living conditions of the workers.
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6. • The power of EU to determine the rules and
regulations at the different work places have
grown immensely
• Like UK has to take into account the EU
policies in the field of employment law like in
case of the collective redundancies , transfer
of undertakings, acquired rights, "burden of
proof" in equality cases, information and
consultation, part time work, fixed term
contract, pregnancy, and maternity leave
rights, parental leave, working time and equal
opportunities,.
7. 4.2 Compare methods used to gain employee
participation and involvement in the decision
making process
The various methods to gain employee
participation and involvement in the
decision making process are illustrated
below:
• Attitude survey- involves seeking views of
employees- It has gained momentum in the
recent times
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9. • Quality circle or improvement Group- This
method is used to resolve the problems that
arise from the top down approach of the
managemnt .
- It is related to small group of volunteers
- Provides opportunity to tap knowledge of
employees and the hidden problems.
10. • Suggestion scheme- Provides a valuable for
the employees to participate such that the
efficiency is improved.
- Opportunity for workers about the3ir
perspective
• Direct Participation- In this process workers
are involved directly in the decision making
process.
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