IR or Industrial Relations, relate to the dynamic and ongoing interaction between the employer, employee and organized labour.

CCMA or Comission for Concilliation, Mediation and Arbitration is an external forum that assists employers and employees to resolve workplace.

HR or Human Resources refer to the daily tasks of managing staff within the workplace from an administrative view.

A constitutional right, strikes refer to a partial or complete stoppage of work or alternatively the retardation of operations within the workplace.