Employee Relations And Labour Law Paper – IV –

Unit 1:

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Employee Relations Processes- Introduction, Employee Participation, Collective Bargaining Joint Consultation, Bargaining Power, Disciplinary Procedures, Grievance Procedures and Handling. Managing Industrial Relations changes; Indian Culture & Industrial Relations.

Unit 2:

TRADE UNIONS
Trade Union: Purpose, Functions of trade unions, Theories and Problems of Trade unions, Trade union recognition and registration, Measures to strengthen Trade Union Movement in India, Challenges and Responses. Trade Union Legislation; Multiplicity of Trade Unions, Conflict Resolutions, Industrial Relations, Welfare andProductivity and Social Responsibility of Trade Unions

Unit 3:

LABOUR ADMINISTRATION
Labour Administration-Meaning, Importance, Scope. salient features of labour administration in India prior to the adoption of the Indian Constitution; Management of Grievances – Grievance Redressal Procedure: Whistle blowing:-Conditions for justified whistle blowing. International Labour organaisation (ILO) and Role of the ILO in the field of labour administration.

Unit 4:

LABOUR LAWS
a. Labour Welfare Legislation-Factories Act, 1948; Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
b. Wages and Security Legislation-Minimum Wages Act.Payment of Wages Act.Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923.
c. Industrial Relations and Disputes-Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Bombay Industrial Relation Act, 1964.
d. Central Machinery of Labour Administration and Contemporary Trends as well as Future of IR in India.

Reference Books:

  1. S.M. Chaturvedi – Labour and Industrial
  2. Gupta – The Employees State Insurance Act.
  3. Malhotra – The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
  4. Srivastava – Trade Union Act.