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Labour Laws

Notes foreman. They were able to pull Rakesh Kumar out of the machine and in the meanwhile
there were group of 50 workers gathered on the sot. Kanhaiya took Rakesh to the hospital.
Meanwhile there was an argument that started between Mr. Pramod Mishra and shift
officer Mr. Mahesh that the machines are not safe and the management is not keen about
the safety of workers. Mr. Radhey, Mr. Deendayal, Mr. Prabhu Prakash also joined Mr.
Pramod Mishra. Pramod Mishra took an iron rod from the blow room and started shouting
to all the workers to stop the plant. He along with Mr. Radhey, Mr. Deendayal and Mr.
Prabhu forced all workers to come out of the plant and damaged window glasses of the
main hall. The whole issue took an ugly turn.
Questions:
1. You are the Personnel Manager. How will you handle the situation and describe the
legal as well as other actions to resolve the issue.
2. Critically analyse the above case.

Source: http://www.hrmindex.com/hr-forum/employee-relations/12297-industrial-relations-ir-case-studies
2.5 Summary

l z The dynamic aspect of any society would focus on the mode of production, relations of
production and relations in production.
l z The worker experiences the work organisation as alienating.

l z Human resource management is about managing people so that businesses are competitive
and successful.
l z The Human Resource Management (HRM) function of an organisation manages the
individual aspects of the employment relationship - from employee recruitment and
selection to international employment relations, salaries and wages.
l z Industrial relations are also a multidisciplinary field that studies the collective aspects of
the employment relationship.

l z HRM practitioners are responsible not only for the smooth running of processes but also at
a senior level for the bigger picture planning, strategising and policy-making as they affect
staff and employment relationships.

l z IR is essentially pluralistic in outlook, in that it covers not only the relations between
employer and employee (the individual relations) but also the relations between employers
and unions and between them and the State (collective relations).

l z A discernible trend in management is a greater individualisation of the employer-employee
relationship, implying less emphasis on collective, and more emphasis on individual
relations.

l z Indian Labour Laws have both the sides - the positive ones and the negative ones.
l z Law is a dynamic concept.
2.6 Keywords

Employee: A person who is hired to provide services to a company on a regular basis in exchange
for compensation and who does not provide these services as part of an independent business.
Employer: A legal entity that controls and directs a servant or worker under an express or
implied contract of employment and pays (or is obligated to pay) him or her salary or wages in
compensation.

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