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20 Nigerian L.J. 261 (2017)
Analysis of Nexus between Redundancy and Industrial Democracy in Labour Relations

handle is hein.journals/nlj20 and id is 265 raw text is: Analysis of Nexus between Redundancy and Industrial Democracy in Labour Relations David Tarh-Akong Eyongndi* Abstract Redundancy is a labour situation in which there is excess of man power more than the available work to be done thereby constraining the employer to downsize its workforce. Industrial democracy on the other hand is a labour concept that advocates the active involvement of workers in decision making in any establishment where they are working particularly on matters that will affect them such as redundancy, promotion, reorganization, etc. This paper looks at the meaning of redundancy and industrial democracy; causes of redundancy, criteria for selecting redundant staff, methods for selecting redundant staff and the condition precedent to declaration of redundancy. it examines the relationship between the two concepts and argues that, there is a nexus between both concepts and as such could not be strange bed fellows. The paper finds that notwithstanding this nexus, employers still fail to abide by the law in the declaration of redundancy and recommends that, the Labour Act should be amended with the effect that where an employer fails to abide by the democratic procedure laid down in the Act for declaration of redundancy; such a redundancy should be declared invalid by the court with punitive measures as a means of ensuring security of employment and dissuading employers from hiding under the guise of redundancy to terminate workers employment. Key words: Redundancy, Industrial Democracy, Employer, Industrial Revolution, worker 1. Introduction Labour relations from the 19h century experienced a drastic move from manual to mechanical labour as a result of advancement in * David Tarh-Akong Eyongndi LL.B (Hons) Calabar, LLM (Ibadan) BL Department of Private and Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, Bown Unversity Iwo, Osun Statte.

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