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HUMAN RESOURCES FADS 3

 Any profession with a large number of vocal Charlatans will be plagued by Fads.

Today, we wish to look at the Fad of Employee Relations vs Industrial Relations.

I fought a loosing battle with these charlatans between 2016 and 2020, that in Nigeria, we practice Industrial Relations and not Employees Relations. I did tell them that where there are Trade Unions, what you practice is Industrial Relations. I pointed out to them that Section 20 of the Labour Act ( the principal Act) created both the Employees and the Industrial Relations Models.

At a point in time when one Union was on a nation-wide strike, these charlatans told me there were no Trade Unions in Nigeria. This took my mind to a BBC Movie I used to watch in the late 70s into the early 80s titled "Mixed Blessings" in which the White in-law told the Black in-law that in Europe, they have trade unions but in Africa they have tribal unions.

What started as a mere academic issue in the mid- 90s by a kite flown by these charlatans in Special HR Forum titled "Outsourcing The HR Function?" has moved to the point of removing the subject Industrial Relations from the professional examination, and replacing it with Employment Relations without removing the content of IR.

Next week shall discuss something very close to the hearts of these charlatans, but as a professional of the old school I have spoken against it. That is KSS Vs ESS at the grassroot level. 

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