This document discusses managing the employment relationship in the Republic of Ireland through social partnerships between government, unions, and employees. It provides three key points: 1) Following the recession, a social partnership approach was adopted as a recovery strategy, with commitments to improve employee wealth, prioritize workplace partnerships, and establish welfare projects. 2) This approach achieved agreements on union recognition procedures, decreased unemployment, and increased spending on health, education, and social welfare, leading to economic competitiveness and stability. 3) For social partnerships to work in other countries like Indonesia requires sacrifices from all sides and must go along with multidimensional economic empowerment in order to change the shape of the nation.