This study aims to assess the relationship between employee relation and industrial challenges. To do this, 446 responses were gathered among non-teaching staff in federal universities across south-east Nigeria. Findings from the study show that labour union, staff training, and information and communications has strong relationship with industrial challenges. Therefore, it is concluded that in order to ensure that non-teaching staff are happy at federal universities, they should be allowed to: fairly participate in labour unionism, be put through different training and development programmes, and offered quality communication and information about events in both the institution and academic world in general.

Communication, Labour Union, Information, Staff Training, Universities