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Unit 2: Labour Laws, Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management

They should be dynamic ones. But they have remained static and rigid, which is against the Notes
spirit of HRM.
Law is a dynamic concept. It comes into existence to cater to the growing needs of society, which
may be caused by technological, economic, political and social changes. Life and laws have moved
together in history and it must do so in future also. Every society revises and reviews, invents
and reinvents better systems and governance. Labour laws came into being to take care of certain
aberrations created by Industrial Revolution. Now, we have entered post Industrial Revolution
era. Hence our laws should come out of Industrial Revolution mode and be progressive in their
outlook.
The desirable orientations of labour laws can be that they have to be enabler and facilitators
than controllers of industrial relations. They have to be proactive, positive and progressive and
encourage individual development, group-cohesiveness and organisational well-being than
combating and fighting, building the culture of trust and good-will than creating mistrust and
hatred in industry. There should be a few labour legislations -setting the guidelines and providing
the road-maps for working together than a number of them encouraging litigations.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
13. ................. should provide the necessary direction and leave details on HR/IR management,
so that they develop healthier and sounder systems and practices.
14. Labour laws came into being to take care of certain aberrations created by ................. .
15. The desirable orientations of labour laws can be that they have to be enabler and facilitators
than ................. of industrial relations.
16. ................. approach is integrated and pointed approach.

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Case Study Hindustan Textile Mills
industan Textile Mills is a spinning unit of 50,000 spindles. The main product is
cotton yarn of 40 count. The mil is situated in central India. Mr. T Patel who is the
HGeneral Manager of the plant manages the unit. He is a B. tech of 1960 batch and
is associated with the organization for the last 15 years. The plant started its production
in the year 1989. The total strength the worker is 1750. All the workers are on the regular
rolls of Hindustan Textile Mills and majority of them belong to Bihar. The workers are
not unionized but strong groups from particular regions have influence on the workforce
from a particular area. Mr. Pramod Mishra joined the mill on 01.12.1995 as Trainee and
he was promoted as Tenter from 8.8.2000 in the ring department. He belongs to Chhapra
district of Bihar. On 25.9.2001, Pramod Mishra was taking charge of the night shift and
there was some argument that took place with the evening shift, Mr. Babloo, Mr. Mahesh,
shift officer intervened in the matter and the issue was resolved. Babloo is a resident of
Balia in U.P. On 10.10.2001, in the night shift at around 1:30 am, Rakesh Kumar working
as Tenter in blow room met with an accident. His right arm came in to contact with the
machine and he shouted for help. Pramod Mishra rushed to the spot and meanwhile 3
other workers of Speed frame and draw frame also reached the spot and started their
effort to pull Rakesh from the machine, Mr. Mahesh, shift officer with the timekeeper
Mr. Kanhaiya Lal also joined them. There was blood all around. Mr. Mahesh intervened
in between and took charge of the machine along with Mr. Gyan Singh, maintenance
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