2. INTRODUCTION
The Industrial
Disputes Act 1947
An Act to make provision for the investigation
and settlement of industrial disputes, and for
certain other purposes.
Citation ACT NO.14 OF1947
Date enacted 11 March 1947
Date assented to 11 March 1947
Date commenced 1 April 1947
3. INDUSTRY
• A systematic activity
• Organised by corporation between employer and workman for products,supply
distribution of goods and services
• INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE
• Employer and employee
• Employee and employee
• Employer and employer
4. HISTORY AND FORMATION
• Employer and workemen dispute act 1860
• Trade dispute act 1926
• Rule no 81 A of defence of india rules 1 oct 1946
• Industrial dispute act 1947
5. APPLICABILITY
• IT extend to whole india including
• IT is applicable on existing industry and not deed industry
• Applicable on Industry owned by central govt or state govt
6. ECONOMIC RATIONALE
The economic rationale behind the formulation of Industrial Disputes
Act is simple. Without a proper mechanism in place for the resolution of
industrial disputes, they can harm the harm the economic growth rates
of a country. Strikes and lockouts cause massive losses to the country as
they decrease the level of production in the economy and therefore
decrease the GDP. Given below is a closer analysis of the economic
rationale behind the working of the act.
1. Collective bargaining
2. 2. Strikes and lock-outs
7. AMENDMENTS- OVERVIEW AND REASONS
• The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 provides the machinery and procedure for the
investigation and settlement of Industrial Disputes.
• The provisions of this act have been amended from time to time based on the
experiences gained from various past judgements.
8. CAUSES
• Industrial disputes can arise between employer-employer; employer-
employee; and employeeemployee. A manner to categorise causes of an
industrial disputes can be economic and noneconomic.
• . Undisciplined behaviour of the workers, victimization, political
factors are some of the items that come under non-economic causes of
an industrial dispute.
• 1. Industrial factors
• 2. Management’s attitude
9. IMPACTS
• Strikes and lockouts have a major say in a country’s economy as they result in
the industry being shut down for a temporary period.
• This affects the overall production of a country
10. SETTLEMENT
• It is the process of settling disputes internally in an industry which involves
intervention of the Government
• The Government has a power to appoint either conciliation officers or a Board of
Conciliation for the purpose of conciliation.
• Collective Bargaining-the role of Government, while the latter is done after the
intervention of Government, the role of Government in latter is non-existent. The
process of collective bargaining
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