Council

The ILERA Council will meet next on the occasion of the 19th ILERA World Congress in Lund, Sweden in June 2021. During this meeting the council will elect a President for the period 2025 – 2028, members of the Executive Committee for the period 2021-2024 and decide on other important matters.

The Council of the ILERA is composed of the representatives of the Full Members, these can be national or regional associations, the primary purpose of which is the advancement of knowledge and research in labour and employment relations; each Council member has one vote. The Council elects the President and the members of the Executive Committee. The Council meets once every three years, on the occasion of the ILERA World Congress, and gives the Executive Committee such general guidance or instructions as it deems appropriate.

ARGENTINA

Name: La Asociación de Relaciones del Trabajo de la República Argentina (ARTRA)

Website: www.ileraartra.com (Spanish)

AUSTRALIA

Name: Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association

Website: www.alera.asn.au

PresidentProfessor Greg Bamber, Monash University, Melbourne

E-mail:  gregbamber@gmail.com

BANGLADESH

Name: Bangladesh Labour and Employment Relations Association (BLERA) 

Address: c/o OSHE Foundation, House # 19, Lane # 1, Block # A, Section # 6, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216

Telephone: +88-02-9032947-8

Fax: +88-02-9032949

E-mail: oshe@agni.com

President: Prof A.R. Chowdhury Repon

BELGIUM

Name: Association belge des relations du travail (ABRT/BBVA)

Address: c/o Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Free University Brussels, Public Law Dept., Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brusssels

Telephone: +32 (0)2 629 2543

E-mail: Wilfried.Rauws@vub.ac.be

President: Prof Wilfried Rauws

BRAZIL

Name: Academia Nacional de Direito do Trabalho (ANDT)

Address: Rua Riachuelo n° 217, Conjunto 61 Centro, CEP 01.007-000, Sao Paulo

Telephone: +55-11 3174 0200

E-mail: andt@andt.org.br

Contact person: Prof Luiz Carlos Robortella, Secretary General

CANADA

Name: Canadian Industrial Relations Association (CIRA) | Association canadienne des relations industrielles (ACRI)

E-mail: communications.cira@gmail.com 

Contact person: Jason Foster, President

Website: www.cira-acri.ca (English – French)

CHILE

Name: Asociacion Chilena de Relaciones de Trabajo

Address: Erasmo Escala 1942, SANTIAGO CENTRO

Telephone: +56-2 697-2097

E-mail: hhumeres@ahmt.cl

President: Prof Hector Humeres Noguer

CHINA

Name: China Association for Labour Studies (CALS)

Address: No. 7 Hepingli Zhongjie, Doncheng District, BEIJING

Telephone: +86-10 8420-9370

Contact person: Mr Zhao Yue, General Secretary

E-mail: 2502986678@qq.com

Website: www.cals.net.cn


COLOMBIA

Name: Asociacion de Relaciones de Trabajo de Colombia

Address: Calle 122 N° 11D-71, Apto 103

Telephone: +57-1 214-0489 | +57-315 335-3022

E-mail: malisa29mon@hotmail.com | marthaemonsalve29@hotmail.com

President: Dra Martha Elisa Monsalve Cuellar

CYPRUS

Name: Cyprus Human Resource Management Association (CyHRMA)

Website: www.cyhrma.org

DENMARK

Name: Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS)

Website: faos.ku.dk (Danish – English)

FINLAND

Name: The Finnish Association of Work Life Research (FAWORE)

Website: www.tyoelamantutkimus.fi (Finnish – English)

FRANCE

Name: Association Francaise d’étude des Relations Professionnelles (AFERP)

Address: Université Paris 2, Pantheon Assas, 92, Rue d’Assas, F-75006 PARIS

Telephone: +33-1 4441-5954

E-mail: contact@aferp.org

President: Prof Françis Kessler

GERMANY

Name: German Industrial Relations Association (GIRA)

Address: Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Lehrstuhl fur allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre Insbesondere Arbeit, Personal and Organisation. Fakultat Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Campus Essen, Universitaetstr. 12, D-45141 ESSEN

Telephone: +49-201 183-2260

E-mail: girasekretariat@gmail.com

President: Prof Werner Nienhueser

INDIA

Name: Indian Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)

INDONESIA

Name: Indonesian Industrial Relations Association (AHII)

Address: JL. Damai No 29, Rt 08 – Rw 01, Bambu Apus, Cipayung, JAKARTA TIMUR,

Telephone: +62-21 7097-2805

E-mail: sutantosuwarno_2012@yahoo.com

General Secretary: Dr Sutanto Suwarno

IRELAND

Name: Irish Association for Industrial Relations

Website: www.ul.ie/iair

ISRAEL

Name: Industrial Relations Research Association of Israel (IIRRA)

Address: Emek Israel Academic College ltd. Kibbutz, Jezreel 1935000, P.O.B 6342, Holon, Israel

Telephone: +972- 552-722161

Contact person: Adv. Orly Bitty, Chairperson of the Association

E-mail: info@iirra.org.il

Website: www.iirra.org.il

ITALY

Name: Associazione Italiana di Studio delle Relazioni Industriali (AISRI)

Address: Università degli Studi di Bari, Dipartimento sui Rapporti di Lavoro e sulle Relazioni Industriali, Corso Italia, 23, 7121 BARI

Telephone: +39 041 234 6920

Contact person: Prof Gaetano Zilio Grandi, President of the Association

E-mail: aisri@unive.it

Website: http://www.aisri.it/

 

JAPAN

 

Name: Japan Industrial Relations Research Association

Address: University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science,7-3 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO 113-00332

Telephone: (+81-3) 5841-4983

General Secretary: Prof Michio Nitta

E-mail: jirra@mynavi.jp

Website: www.jirra.org (Japanese)

KOREA

Name: Korea Labor Institute

Address: 621 C Bidg, 370 Sicheong-daero, Sejong-si 30147, South Korea

Telephone: (+82) 44 287 6210

E-mail: cwlee@kli.re.kr

Website: www.kli.re.kr

MEXICO

Name: Sociedad Mexicana de Relaciones de Trabajo 

Address: Calle Valparaíso Número 2572 Colonia Providencia, Zona Minerva, Código Postal 44630 

Telephone: (+52-33) 38255022 or (+52-33) 38250730 

General Secretary: Dr Angel Guillermo Ruiz Moreno 

E-mail: agruizm@ruizmoreno.com

MEXICO

Name: Asociación Mexicana de Relaciones Laborales y Empleo 

Address:  Calle San Pablo 12 Bis, Ext. B, Ocotlán, Tlaxcala, México. C.P. 90100

Telephone: (+52) 246 324 9640 or (+52) 246 121 76 26 

General Secretary: D. en D. Elizabeth Sánchez Rodríguez 

E-mail: dra.eliza.legal@gmail.com

NETHERLANDS

Name: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Arbeidsverhoudingen (NVA) 

Website: www.nva-arbeidsverhoudingen.nl (Dutch)

E-mail: L.Harteveld@awvn.nl

NEW ZEALAND

Name: New Zealand Employment Relations Society Incorporated 

Address: c/o The New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute, Level 10, 42 Wakefield Street, Auckland 1010 

Telephone: (+64-9) 921-9999 ext. 6505 

Fax: (+64-9) 921-9876 

Chairperson: Dr Erling Rasmusses 

E-mail: erling.rasmussen@aut.ac.nz

NIGERIA

Name: Nigerian Industrial and Employment Relations Association (NIERA) 

Address: University of Lagos, Dept. of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, AKOKA, YABA, LAGOS, Nigeria 

Telephone: (+234-1) 5454-8913 

Fax: (+234-1) 4972-544 

Secretary/Treasurer: Dr Akeem Akinwale 

Chairperson: Prof Dafe Otobo 

E-mail: nieranigeria@gmail.com

NORWAY

Name: Norsk arbeidslivsforum

Website: nalf.oslomet.no

PERU

Name: Asociación Peruana de Relaciones de Trabajo (APERT) 

Address: Av. Paseo de la República 6236, Miraflores, LIMA 

Telephone: (+51-1) 447-2020 

Fax: (+51-1) 241 5657 

President: Prof German Ramirez-Gaston 

E-mail: gramirez@correo.ulima.edu.pe

PHILIPPINES

Name: Philippines Industrial Relations Society (P.I.R.S.) 

Address: PO Box 261, U.P. Post Office, University of the Phlippines, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 

Telephone: (+63 2) 411-9226 

President: Prof Jorge Sibal 

E-mail: sibal_jorge@yahoo.com

ROMANIA

Name: Association for the Study of the Professional Labour Relations

Address: 130051 Aleea Trandafirilor nr. 16 bl. 10 ap. 46, Târgovişte, Dâmboviţa

Telephone: 40722723340

Contact person: Prof Top Danuti, President

E-mail: asrpm.ro@gmail.com

Website: www.asrpm.ro

SLOVAKIA

Name: Labour Law Association Slovakia 

Website: www.laborlaw.sk

SOUTH AFRICA

Name: Labour and Employment Relations Association of Southern Africa (LERASA)

Address: Public Service Bargaining Centre, Building B, 260 Basden Avenue Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa 0137

Telephone: +27 (12) 6448100

E-mail: info@lerasa.org.za ; president@lerasa.org.za

Contact person: Frikkie De Bruin, President or Oomang Parag, Secretary

Website: www.irasa.org.za

SRI LANKA

Name: The Industrial Relations Association of Sri Lanka 

Address: No 318 High Level Road, Colombo 6 

Telephone: (+94-11) 236-8164 

Fax: (+94-11) 258-2938 

President: Mr Mahinda Madihahewa 

E-mail: slmol@slt.lk

SWEDEN

Name: Svenska ILERA-Foreningen 

Address: c/o Arbetsformedlingen/HK, SE-113 99 STOCKHOLM 

Telephone: (+46-771) 600000 

President: Mr Mats Wadman 

E-mail: farhad.abdi@arbetsformedlingen.se

UNITED KINGDOM

Name: British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA)

Address: Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

Telephone: +44 121 414 6225

Contact person: Prof. Tony Dobbins (President)

Email: admin@buira.org

Website: www.buira.org

UNITED STATES

Name: Labor and Employment Relations Association 

Website: www.leraweb.org

URUGUAY

Name: Asociacion Uruguaya de Relaciones Laborales (AUREL) 

Address: Juncal 1355, oficina 702, 11000 Montevideo 

Telephone: (+59-82) 916-2722 

Fax: (+59-82) 916-6033 

President: Sr Juan Raso Delgue 

E-mail: juanraso@redfacil.com.uy

URUGUAY

Name: ILERA-Uruguay 

Address: Luis B. Cavia 2716 apto 603 

Telephone: (+598) 094 957 990

President: Lic. Joaquín Perrone (ILERA-Uruguay’s president)

E-mail:ilerauruguay@gmail.com

VENEZUELA

Name: Asociacion de relaciones de Trabajo de Venezuela 

Address: Universidad de Carabobo, Parque Residencial Carabobo, Calle 145, Apto 101-85, Valencia, Carabobo 2002 

Telephone: (+58-241) 823-7713 

Fax: (+58-241) 425-0933 

President: Sr Hector Lucena 

E-mail: hllucena@hotmail.com or hlucena@uc.edu.ve