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Labour Laws

Notes as the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) [CLC(C)] Organisation. The CIRM is headed by
the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central). It has been entrusted with the task of maintaining
industrial relations, enforcement of labour laws and verification of trade union membership in
central sphere. It ensures harmonious industrial relations through:-
l z Monitoring of industrial relations in Central Sphere;
l z Intervention, mediation and conciliation in industrial disputes in order to bring about
settlement of disputes;

l z Intervention in situations of threatened strikes and lockouts with a view to avert the strikes
and lockouts;
l z Implementation of settlements and awards.

10.1.1 Objectives of Trade Union

They aim to:-
l z Secure fair wages for workers and improve their opportunities for promotion and
training.

l z Safeguard security of tenure and improve their conditions of service.
l z Improve working and living conditions of workers.
l z Provide them educational, cultural and recreational facilities.
l z Facilitate technological advancement by broadening the understanding of the workers.
l z Help them in improving levels of production, productivity, discipline and high standard
of living.

l z Promote individual and collective welfare and thus correlate the workers’ interests with
that of their industry.

10.1.2 Basic Provisions

According to the Trade Unions Act, 1926, ‘trade union’ means “any combination, whether
temporary or permanent, formed primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between
workmen and employers or between workmen and workmen or between employers and
employers, or for imposing restrictive conditions on the conduct of any trade or business, and
includes any federation of two or more trade unions”. The basic provisions of the Act are:-
1. The Act provides for the registration of the trade unions with the ‘Registrars of Trade
Unions’ set up in different States, like the Office of Registrar (Trade Union) set up by the
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. For registration of a trade union, seven
or more members of the union can submit their application in the prescribed form to the
Registrar of trade unions.

Notes The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the ‘rules of the trade union’
and a statement giving the following particulars:- (i) Names, occupations and addresses of
the members making the application; (ii)The name of the trade union and the address of
its head office; (iii) The titles, names, ages, addresses and occupations of the office bearers
of the trade union as per the format given in the Trade Unions Act 1926. The Registrar,
on being satisfied that the Union has complied with all the requirements of this Act,
shall register the trade union. Thereafter, it shall issue a certificate of registration in the
prescribed form as a conclusive evidence of registration of that Trade Union.

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