industrial relations

plural noun

: the dealings or relationships of a usually large business or industrial enterprise with its own workers, with labor in general, with governmental agencies, or with the public

Examples of industrial relations in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Can California employers pay less than minimum wage? California law requires employers to pay tipped employees at least the state’s minimum wage of $16.50 per hour, according to the industrial relations department. —Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025

But in an update to members on Sunday shared with CNN, the union announced the industrial relations board ruled the strike was lawful, as the board continues to mediate negotiations. —Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 30 June 2024

Under the new law, a new Fast Food Council was formed as part of the state's industrial relations department. —Vanessa Romo, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024

Bloomberg's Eamon Farhat joins us to discuss how industrial relations have changed since the wave of strikes last year. —James Woolcock, Bloomberg.com, 3 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for industrial relations

• autocorrelations
• categorizations
• characterizations
• conceptualizations
• differentiations
• disqualifications
• exemplifications
• generalisations
• generalizations
• hospitalizations
• idealizations
• identifications