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Notes Unit 5: Industrial Disputes Act

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Objectives and Scope of Industrial Disputes Act
5.2.1 Objectives of Industrial Disputes Act
5.2.2 Scope and Coverage of Industrial Disputes Act
5.3 Authorities under this Act

5.4 Procedure and Machinery for Investigation and Settlement of Disputes
5.4.1 Conciliation
5.4.2 Voluntary Arbitration
5.4.3 Adjudication
5.5 Measures for Prevention of Conflicts and Disputes
5.6 Summary

5.7 Keywords
5.8 Review Questions
5.9 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
l z Explain the definitions under Industrial Disputes Act

l z Discuss the objectives and scope of Industrial Disputes Act
l z Get an overview of authorities under this Act
l z Describe the procedure and machinery for investigation and settlement of disputes
l z Discuss measures for prevention of conflicts and disputes

Introduction

In the previous unit, we dealt with concepts of Factories Act. Based on the experiences of
Trade Disputes Act, 1929 and usefulness of rule 81 (a) of the Defence of India Rules, the bill
pertaining to Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 embodied the essential principles of rule 81 (a) which
was acceptable to both employers and workers retaining most parts of the provisions of Trade
Disputes Act, 1929. This legislation is designed to ensure industrial peace by recourse to a given
form of procedure and machinery for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. Its main
objective is to provide for a just and equitable settlement of disputes by negotiations, conciliation,
dedication, voluntary arbitration and adjudication instead of by trial of strength through strikes
and lock-outs. As State Governments are free to have their own labour laws, States like UP., MP.,
Gujarat and Maharashtra have their own legislation for settlement of disputes in their respective
states. U.P. legislation is known as U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, while others have Industrial
Relations Act more or less on the lines of ‘Bombay Industrial Relations Act, 1946. The purpose of

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