Businesses in Singapore are Often Portrayed as Adopting a “Unitarist” Rather than a “Pluralist”: Essay on Employment Relations Issue in, Singapore

Topics for Essay “Based on a topical employment relations issue in Singapore”

Question1: Businesses in Singapore are often portrayed as adopting a “unitarist” rather than a “pluralist” attitude to employment relations. Is this justified or are times changing? Illustrate your arguments with contemporary examples.

Question2: What is the main responsibilities of unions in Singapore and are they carrying out these responsibilities? Illustrate your answer by including answers to the following:
(a). Has the role of unions changed as the economy has developed?
(b). Are unions experiencing the same loss of membership as in other developed countries?

Question3: How should business, labour and the government deal with plant closings and layoff of employees? Should the government be involved at all? Support your arguments with examples where possible.

Question4: It is said that employment relations are the study of formal and informal rulemaking at the workplace. Describe how these rules are made, and the role of the important stakeholders in the process with examples.