INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
Industrial Relations
Introduction
• relations which are the outcome of the employment relationship in an industrial enterprise
• every industrial relations system creates a complex of rules and regulations to govern the work place and work community
• main purpose: to maintain harmonious relations between labour and management by solving their problems through collective bargaining • the government/state shapes industrial relations with the help of law, rules, agreements, awards of the courts
Historic Facts
• The concept of industrial relations was developed with the industrial revolution
• Prior to this it was considered master and servant relationship
• The workers were considered and treated like any other commodity which could be easily purchased and replaced
• Wages and conditions of services were poor and this situation was not only in India but also in England and other European countries
• The term Industrial Relations comprise Industry and relations.
Objectives
•to improve economic conditions of workers in the present scenario of industrial management and political government
•to avoid Industrial Conflicts and develop harmonious relations
•to raise productivity to a higher level
•to reduce strikes, lockouts and gheros by providing better wages and improved living conditions and fringe benefits to the workers
•encouraging the sense of ownership among workers for Industries
•to enhance government control over units and plants that are running under losses or where production has to be regulated in public interest
•improved Industrial Relation will protect the interest of labour and well as management.
Three partners
• Trade Union:
Trade unions try to protect interest of workers, they insist upon the development of cultural and educational qualities of there members.
• Employers & their organizations:
They try to protect the interest of employers, to create healthy industrial atmosphere, so that the