The Concept and System of Labour Legal Conflictology

Abstract

In the article, the area of interaction between the science of labour law and the economy, sociology, conflictology and psychology is proposed to be called “labour legal conflictology”. It is argued that labour legal conflictology should study the regulation of both the conflict management system in an organization and the conflict management system at the different levels of social partnership. The system of labour legal conflictology is constituted by “employment law conflictology” and “collective labour law conflictology”. It is concluded that the system of conflict management in an organization as an object of employment law conflictology is a unity: 1) the employer’s policy on conflict management; 2) the organizational structures of the employer's management with the fixed responsibilities of its representatives; 3) a system of local regulations and enforcement acts that mediate conflict management in an organization; 4) conflict management procedures. The conflict management system in social partnership consists of: 1) principles of social partnership; 2) organizational relationships of the parties to social partnership; 3) a system of regulations and enforcement acts that mediate conflict management in social partnership; 4) procedures for the settlement and resolution of disagreements arising in the process of establishing and changing working terms and conditions.