How to Use industrial relations in a Sentence

industrial relations

plural noun
  • One is that industrial relations must be devolved to the level of the firm.
    The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The industrial relations code, one of the three legislations passed in the upper house, also makes it near impossible for workers to strike.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Pavey, who has a bachelor’s degree in pre-personnel and industrial relations from the University of Cincinnati, worked for a time as an English teacher.
    Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The new bills include the industrial relations code that will allow companies with as many as 300 workers to fire them without seeking prior government approval, a three-fold jump from the current threshold.
    Bibhudatta Pradhan, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • His bridging of economics and law caught the attention of Shultz, who was then a professor of industrial relations and later became dean of the university’s Graduate School of Business.
    Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
  • The protests galvanized public opinion against the strikers in a moment considered a turning point in Italian industrial relations and for Fiat’s profits.
    Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Paid sick leave: The industrial relations department administers the state’s paid sick leave law, which requires almost all public- and private-sector employers to give almost all workers in California at least three paid sick days per year.
    Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Weber earned his bachelor’s degree in 1950 in economics from the University of Illinois, then a master’s degree there in industrial relations.
    Sydney Czyzon, chicagotribune.com, 28 Aug. 2020
  • But no single agency regulates farmworker housing, and the bunk issue has not arisen on a statewide level, according to state labor, housing and industrial relations officials.
    oregonlive, 11 May 2020
  • For proponents of the New Deal, this meant translating the principles of the Constitution for modern forms of economic organization and industrial relations.
    Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Gary Chaison, professor emeritus of industrial relations at Clark University in Massachusetts, expects the strike to end within a week.
    Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Schreiner went on to work in human resources, then head personnel director and then director of industrial relations for a combustion engineering company.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Traditionally the role of domestic institutions has been used to explain this difference, with a particular emphasis on the role these institutions play in industrial relations.
    Adi Gaskell, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • It was achieved without industrial relations carnage and Iberia has been transformed, delivering both profitability and sustainably improved customer service, a testament to Gallego’s acumen.
    John Strickland, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • For nearly three decades, reference librarian Georgianna Herman was a prime resource for graduate students in industrial relations at the University of Minnesota.
    Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
  • As an academic, Shultz specialized in industrial relations, often serving as mediator between management and unions, sharpening his skills as a negotiator.
    Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Meanwhile, America’s economy has become tech-centric, making 20th-century industrial relations look like a relic.
    The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The body would have to include representatives of the state public health, occupational safety and health, labor standards, and industrial relations regulatory agencies, as well as six members representing franchisers, franchisees and employees.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Recent studies have found that employee representation has a positive impact on capital formation in large German corporations and that industrial relations between management and employees are stronger with worker-board representation in place.
    Lenore Palladino For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 2 June 2020

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