INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LABOUR LAWS Course Objectives

Credit Units: 03

The objective of the course is to acquaint students with the main provisions of labour standards, concepts, institutions and approaches to industrial relations and collective bargaining. The course will develop skills of dealing with unions, negotiating collective agreements and to identify approaches to promotion of sound labour management relations.

Course Contents
Module I: Industrial Relations and Collective Bargaining Industrial Relations-conceptual and legal framework, Collective Bargaining-an overview, Bargaining and Negotiating skills, Workers Participation in Management, ILO conventions, Sound Labour Management Relations, Grievance Redressal Machinery, Industrial Relations after globalization Module II: Introduction to Labour Laws Labour Law Origin - Purpose - Role of the State - Constitutional Provisions Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy Module III: Health and Safety, Conditions of Employment Factories Act, 1948, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. Discipline and Disciplinary Procedure Module IV: Laws for handling Industrial Disputes and Contract Labour Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 Module V: Trade Unions Trade Unions: Meaning, Functions, Problems, Trade Unions Act, 1926 Module VI: Wage Related Laws Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Wages Act 1936, Equal Remuneration Act 1976, Payment of Bonus Act 1965 Module VII: Employee Benefits and Social Security related laws Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: Provident Fund Act 1952, Workmens Compensation Act 1923, E.S.I.C. Act, 1948, Maternity Benefit Act 1961, The Apprentices Act 1961.

Examination Scheme
Components Weightage (%) CPA 5 TP 5 Q/S 5 A 5 ME 10 EE 70

References
Bagri, P.R. (2006), Law of Industrial Disputes,Kamal Law House. C.S. Venkata Ratnam (2006), Industrial Relations, Oxford Higher Education Kumar H.L. (2010) Labour Laws - Everybody Should Know, Universal Law Publishing Company Malhotra, O.P (1985), Law of Industrial Disputes, N.M. Tripathi Pvt. Ltd. Malik, P.L (2008), Industrial Law-Eastern Book company. Mamoria CB (1998), Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Himalaya Publishing House.