Chapter 1 --> Overview of Industrial Relations

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Industry
An industry is a sector that produces goods or related services within an economy.

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Chapter 1--> Overview of Industrial Relations --> Introduction

TWO COMPONENTS OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Workers Capitalists

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GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS MAKE PROFITS

BETTER WAGES

WELFARE

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 Why do we need Industrial Relations?

Good working
More
conditions and
profits
better wages

Objectives clash  The

situation is detrimental to the
two parties and the
community.

 Industrial relations are needed to manage the relations between labour and management in industry.

 Management (on behalf of capitalists) invest money and have the objective of reaping high profits.

 Labour toils hard for the production of goods & services and gets compensation in return.

 Industrial relations serve as the means by which various interest involved in the labour market are
accommodated, primarily for the purpose of regulating employment relationships.

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 Traditional and Modern Approach to Industrial Relations

Traditional Approach Modern Approach

The modern approach includes not only the

relation between employers and workers but
Earlier industrial relations was about also processes like-
relationship between employers and workers.
 Organising of workers
 Workers’ participation in decision making
 Dispute settlement
 Collective bargaining etc.

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 Types of Industrial Relations
BIPARTITE

Earlier, the industrial relations were managed themselves by the

employers and the workers. Conflict were resolved by themselves
without intervention of any third party.

TRIPARTITE
Government
 Make norms, rules and regulations.
 Acts as regulatory body for industrial
relations.
 Resolving the queries between employers
and labour.
 Industrial Relations and Constitution of India

 The Constitution of India provides the basic guidelines for creating the
industrial relations system of the country.

 The Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy in the
Constitution act as the basis for labour policy.

 The Directive Principles of State Policy enshrined in the constitution act as

guidelines for the state in creating such industrial relations system in the
country s provided equity, justice and welfare of workers.

ANY POLICY, RULE OR LAW CANNOT VIOLATE THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.

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 Industrial Relations and Constitution of India

Some of the important provisions in the Constitution are

 Article 14 - Right to Equality

 Article 15 – Prohibition of discrimination

 Article 19 – Right to freedom of speech and association

 Article 21 – Right to life and personal liberty

 Article 23 – Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour

 Article 24 – Prohibition of employment of children in factories

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 Industrial Relations and Constitution of India

 Article 38 – Secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of people

 Article 39 – Protection of health and strength of workers and protection of childhood and youth from exploitation

 Article 39A – Promote justice on the basis of equal opportunity and provide free legal aid through suitable legislation
 Article 38
 Article
 Article 39 41 – Right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness,
disablement and undeserved want
 Article 39A

 Article 42 –
Article 41
Secure just and humane conditions of work and maternity relief
 Article 42
 Article 43
  Article
Article 43A 43 – Secure work, living wage, decent standard of life etc. to people

 Article 43A – Secure participation of workers in the management of undertakings engaged in the industry.

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 Concept Check

Which Article of The Constitution of India talks about workers’ participation in management?

a) Article 39
b) Article 42
c) Article 43
d) Article 43A

Answer- D

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