Industrial Dispute Settlement Machinery: Conciliation, Voluntary Arbitration, Court of Inquiry and Adjudication
INRTODUCTION: Industrial Dispute Settlement Machinery has been provided under the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947.It provides a legalistic way of settling the disputes.
This machinery comprises following organs:-
a) CONCILIATION
b) VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION
c) COURT OF INQUIRY
d) ADJUDICATION
CONSILATION: 1. Conciliation is the ³practice by which the services of the neutral party are used in a dispute as a means of helping the disputing parties to reduce the extent of their differences and to arrive at an amicable settlement or agreed solution.
2. This neutral party intervenes in the dispute situation upon are quest by either or both the parties.
3. The Conciliator simply assists the disputing parties in negotiations and decision making, he resolve the impasse, removes the bottleneck by bringing both the parties to a compromise.
4. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 provides for conciliation, and can be utilized either by appointing Conciliation Officers or by constituting a Board of Conciliation.
5. Under the Act, conciliation is compulsory in all disputes in public utility services and optional in other industrial establishments.
6. With a view to expediting conciliation proceeding, time limits have been prescribed -14 days in the case of Conciliation Officers and two months in the case of a board of conciliation.
7. The Act prohibits strike and lock-out during the pendency of conciliation proceedings before a Board and for seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings.
CONCILATION OFFICERS (SECTION4)
1. The Conciliation Officers is appointed by the appropriate Government by notification in the Official Gazette for any specified area or for one or more specified industries, either permanently or for a limited period.
2. Conciliation Officers are charged with the duty of holding conciliatory proceedings for the purpose of bringing about a fair settlement of any industrial dispute.
BOARDS OF
This machinery comprises following organs:-
a) CONCILIATION
b) VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION
c) COURT OF INQUIRY
d) ADJUDICATION
CONSILATION: 1. Conciliation is the ³practice by which the services of the neutral party are used in a dispute as a means of helping the disputing parties to reduce the extent of their differences and to arrive at an amicable settlement or agreed solution.
2. This neutral party intervenes in the dispute situation upon are quest by either or both the parties.
3. The Conciliator simply assists the disputing parties in negotiations and decision making, he resolve the impasse, removes the bottleneck by bringing both the parties to a compromise.
4. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 provides for conciliation, and can be utilized either by appointing Conciliation Officers or by constituting a Board of Conciliation.
5. Under the Act, conciliation is compulsory in all disputes in public utility services and optional in other industrial establishments.
6. With a view to expediting conciliation proceeding, time limits have been prescribed -14 days in the case of Conciliation Officers and two months in the case of a board of conciliation.
7. The Act prohibits strike and lock-out during the pendency of conciliation proceedings before a Board and for seven days after the conclusion of such proceedings.
CONCILATION OFFICERS (SECTION4)
1. The Conciliation Officers is appointed by the appropriate Government by notification in the Official Gazette for any specified area or for one or more specified industries, either permanently or for a limited period.
2. Conciliation Officers are charged with the duty of holding conciliatory proceedings for the purpose of bringing about a fair settlement of any industrial dispute.
BOARDS OF