human resource management

(1)
Strictly speaking, it should be EMPLOYEE RELATIONS and LABOUR RELATIONS.

In the old days, the following terms were used.
. personnel management
. management-labour relationship
. labour relations

When people talked about LABOUR RELATIONS, they were referring to the relationship between management and the labourers. There were labour unions in the old days and they used to play a very simple role - collective bargaining.

Nowadays, the following terms are more often used.
. human resource management
. employer-employee relationship
. employee relations

When people talk about EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, they are referring to the relationship between the employer and employees. Instead of labour unions, they are simply called unions nowadays. Unions no longer represent the labourers, but the employees. Apart from collective bargaining, present employee relations activities may also include employee opinion survey, joint consultation, newsletters, recreational activities, annual dinner, long service award, and so forth.

It can be seen that employee relations are more people-oriented. The scope of employee relations is also greater than labour relations.

(2)
Strictly speaking, there are always more than one kind of benefit and the term should be BENEFITS.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS may include medical benefits, dental benefits, housing benefits, education allowance for children, and so forth. Moreover, the Employment Ordinance stipulates that a minimum of 7 days of annual leave must be provided. If an organisation provides 20 days of annual leave, this is another kind of benefit.

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION may have 2 different meanings.

First, compensation and benefits is one of the specialties in HR management. Benefits are discussed in the above paragraph. COMPENSATION means pay. Pay may include basic salary, commission, incentive allowance, variable pay, year-end bonus, performance-related bonus, and so forth.


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2010-02-02 22:05:19 補充：
Second, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION refers to the compensation made to an employee when he/she is injured or dies at work.