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Human Resource Management

Notes

Task Collect some examples (from industrial disputes records) where political patronage
has been used to exploit the legal system and build up a union from scratch.

13.7 Preventive Machinery for Resolving Disputes

Following are the measures used in preventing disputes in any industry:

13.7.1 Tripartite Bodies

The need for consultation on labour matters on the patterns set by the I.L.O. was recommended
by the Whitley Commission in 1931. It envisaged a statutory organization which should be
sufficiently large to ensure adequate representation of the various interests involved; but it
should not be too large to prevent the members from making individual contributions to the
discussions. The representative of employers, of labour and of government should meet regularly
in conference. The commission also recommended that labour members should elected by
registered trade unions and employers' representatives should be elected by their associations.
But the recommendation was not implemented and nothing could happen until the outbreak of
Second World War, which necessitated the need of industrial peace.
In the Fourth Labour Conference held in August 1942, set up permanent tripartite collaboration
machinery and constituted a preliminary labour conference (later named as the Indian labour
conference-ILC) and the standing Labour Advisory Committee (later the word 'Advisory' was
dropped). The pattern of representation was governed by the obtaining in the ILC. It ensured:
1. Equality of representation between the government and the non-government
representatives;
2. Parity between employers and workers;
3. Nomination of representatives of organized employers and labourers was left to the
concerned organizations; and
4. Representation of certain interests, where necessary, on an ad hoc basis through nomination
by the government. The delegates are free to bring one official and one non-official
advisor with them.

Indian Labour Conference, Standing Labour Committee and Committee on
Conventions

Both I.L.C. and S.L.C. are two important constituents of tripartite bodies. They play a vital role
in shaping the I.R. system of the country. Brief accounts of these bodies are discussed below:

Indian Labour Conference (ILC)

The function of the ILC is to "advise the Government of India on any matter referred to it for
advice, taking into account suggestion made by the provincial government, the states and
representatives of the organization of workers and employers." The representatives of the workers
and employers were nominated to these bodies by the Central Government in consultation
with the all India organizations of workers and employers.

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