The theme for this seminar is "Emerging industrial relations issues and trends in the time of financial and economic crisis". The seminar was attended by tripartite representatives from the ASEAN member countries and Japan, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 3 and 4 February 2010. The annexes comprise country reports from ASEAN member countries on social dialogue, collective bargaining, dispute prevention, and changing forms of employment/new employment relations, in the context of financial crisis.