industrial relations

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indus′trial rela′tions, 

1. Business the dealings or relations of an industrial concern with its employees, with labor in general, with the public, etc.
2. Business the administration of such relations, esp. to maintain goodwill for an industrial concern.
• 1900–05

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industrial relations noun

1. (functioning as plural) those aspects of collective relations between management and workers' representatives which are normally covered by collective bargaining
2. (functioning as singular) the management of relations between the employers or managers of an enterprise and their employees