You are employed as an HR manager by a non-unionized Chinese multinational company that is expanding into Ireland. The Board of Directors is unfamiliar with the Employee Relations framework in Ireland. They have asked you to write a detailed report answering the following questions in order to address three of their main areas of concern:

Assessment Criteria:

• Directly addresses the question or issues raised.
• Provides a coherent argument displaying knowledge of relevant information.
• Relates theory to practice.
• Accuracy
• Provides evidence of independent research and is not just a repetition of standard lecture and reference material.
• Displays awareness of other approaches to the problem area.
• Displays appropriate and effective use of relevant data and examples all properly referenced.