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MACHINERY FOR SETTLEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
MACHINERY FOR SETTLEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
VOLUNTARY METHODS
STATUTORY METHODS
• Collective Bargaining• Joint Consultations• Standing Orders• Grievance Procedures• Code Of Discipline
• Conciliation •Arbitration
• Adjudication
VOLUNTARY METHODS
What is Collective Bargainin
g?
What is Collective Bargainin
g?
• It is the process of negotiation between firm’s and workers’ representatives for the purpose of establishing mutually agreeable conditions of employment.
• It is a technique adopted by two parties to reach an understanding acceptable to both through the process of discussion and negotiation.
PROCESS
PREPARING
BARGAINING ISSUES
NEGOTIATIONS
SETTLEMENT ANDCONTRACT AGREEMENT
ADMINISTRATION OF AGREEMENT
PREPARE
PREPARE
• The negotiation team should consist of representatives of both the parties with adequate knowledge and skills for negotiation.
• Advance preparation by employers and employees
• Parties must examine their own situation and develop issues they believe will be important
BARGAINING
ISSUESBARGAINING
ISSUES
• Wage related issues • Supplementary issues
• Administrative issues
• Institutional issues
NEGOTIATIONNEGOTIATION
• It begins when each side presents its initial demands
• It goes for days until final agreement is reached
• It is a big relief for everyone when final agreement is reached
• Its success depends upon the skill and abilities of negotiators
SETTLEMENTSETTLEMENT
• It is a crucial stage where in union-negotiating team explains the agreement to members for a vote
• If voted, agreement is formalized into a contract
• Contract must be clear and precise
ADMINISTRATION
OF AGREEEMNT
ADMINISTRATION
OF AGREEEMNT
Agreement must be implemented according to the provisions of the agreement
Management is primarily responsible for implementation of contract
It must be communicated to all affected levels
What isJoint
Consultation?
What isJoint
Consultation?
WORK COMMITTEES
As per provisions of Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 work committees have to be set up in all those units which employ 100 or more persons.
They are composed of equal number of employer and employee representatives
It is a consultative body These have responsibility of removing the
causes of friction between labor and management in day to day functioning.
Issues like wages, benefits, bonus, hours of work, terms and conditions of employment, training, transfers,etc come under the purview of works committee
TISCO was the first to create a works committee in 1920
530 committees were operational at the end of 1987
JOINT MANAGEMENT COUNCILS (JMCs)
• In Industrial Policy Resolution,1956, the need for councils was emphasized
• Management supplies the facts regarding the unit and council discusses various matters across the table and then make recommendations
• JMCs should have equal number of workers and employers representatives
• They look after three areas of: information sharing, consultation and administrative matters relating to welfare, safety, training, holidays
• The idea was implemented in over 150 units.
• At present 80 are operating in public sector units like Air India, Hindustan Insecticides and in large number of private sector units like TISCO, Arvind Mills.
STANDING ORDERS
STANDING ORDERS
These are the rules and regulations governing the conditions of employment of workers.
They specify the duties and responsibilities of both employer and employees
As per provisions of Industrial Employment Act,1946,Standing orders shall be framed in all undertakings employing 100 or more workers
Standing orders have to framed in consultation with employees and submitted to certifying officer.
Matters Classification of workers Hours of work, holidays, wage rate Shift working Attendance and late coming Leave rules and disciplinary action Certified copies must be displayed inside the
undertaking It is binding on both employer and employee
CODEOF
DISCIPLINE
CODEOF
DISCIPLINE
It aimed at preventing disputes by providing for voluntary and mutual settlement of disputes.
Principles regulating the conduct of the parties, as provided for in the code, may be as:
Restrains both employer and employee from unilateral action. Parties shall not indulge in strikes, lockouts without notice Parties shall not resort to coercion or adapt unfair practices At present the code has been accepted by about
200 individual employers and about 170 trade unions LIC, SBI and RBI have accepted it
GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE
GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE
GRIEVANCE means employee dissatisfaction or feeling of personal injustice relating to his employment relation
It has to be redressed properly It should not be suppressed Grievances arise : Violation of terms and conditions of
employment Violation of law Violation of rules Change in working conditions or past company practices Violation of health and safety standards
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL PROCEDURES
OPEN DOOR POLICY Aggrieved party is free to meet top
executive of organization and get his grievance redressed.
STEP LADDER POLICY Aggrieved employee has to follow a step
by step approach
STEP LADDER POLICY
STATUTORY MEASURES
What is CONCILIATI
ON?
What is CONCILIATI
ON?
It is a process by which representatives of workers and employers are brought together before a third person or group of persons to persuade them to come on a mutually satisfying agreement.
Conciliator tries to bridge the gap between the parties
He tries to clear the fog surrounding the issue He persuades parties to take a fresh look at
whole issue and explore the possibility of reaching a consensus
He only advances a possible line of solution for consideration by disputants.
What is ARBITRATI
ON?
What is ARBITRATI
ON?
Voluntarily referring the dispute to third party called ARBITRATOR
He listens to the views of both the parties and delivers a judgment on the dispute
He submits his judgment to government and government publishes it within 30 days of submission
It is binding on both the parties
What is ADJUDICATIO
N?
What is ADJUDICATIO
N?
It is compulsory arbitration and is the ultimate remedy to resolve dispute
Settlement of dispute through intervention of third party appointed by government
As per Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 Three –tier Adjudication machinery Labour Court Industrial Tribunal National Tribunal
Labour Court It deals with disputes relating to: Legality of order passed by employer Application of standing order Grant of relief to wrongly dismissed person Illegality or otherwise of strike or lock out Industrial Tribunal It has wider jurisdiction than labour court and
deals with following matters: Wages including the period and mode
of payment Compensatory and other
allowances Leave with wages and
holidays Shift working
Bonus, profit sharing, provident fund and gratuity
Rules of discipline Retrenchment National Tribunal Appointed by Central government to deal
with disputes of national importance or issues likely to affect industrial establishments in more than one state
QANTAS INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
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