Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations concentrates on teaching and research in areas of employment relations, human resource management, social policy, organisational behaviour, labour economics and labour legislation. It embraces the challenges of how organisations manage people, as well as the wider social and Economic context in which they operate. It lies at the intersection of many social science disciplines: Economics, sociology, history, politics, psychology, law, and organisation studies.

Graduates of the Department pursue careers in both public and private sector. The main employment oppurtunities for graduates are mainly in the fields of employment relations and human resource management. The department runs a four-year degree program in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. In addition, it offers, under the direction of the Institute of Social Sciences, MA and Ph.D. degrees. In the Department, there are 6 Professors, 4 Assistant Professors, 1 lecturer and 8 Research Assistants and 510 undergraduate students.