2. APPLICABILITY OF THE ACT
1. The act came in to force on the 1st April
1947
2. The act extends to the whole of India.
SECTIONS & SCHEDULES
• 40 sections
• 5 schedules
3. BACKGROUND OF IDA
• Guested in 1946 came into effect from 1st
april 1947.
• It was the first government intervention in
labour affairs.
• Some Disputes took place in history are :-
1. 1875 - Strike in mumbai eastablishment
bombay meal hand association.
2. 1890 – 1st Strike.
4. 3. 1896 - Strike in calcutta ( when it was the
capital of india).
4. 1905 - Again strike in calcutta and other
places.
5. 1920 - Trade unions formed (after the
formation of ILO).
6. 1926 - Trade union Act Formed.
7. 1947 - IDA was formed.
5. What is Industrial Dispute?
Any dispute or difference between:
1) Employers and Employers
2) Employers and Workmen
3) Workmen and Workmen, which is connected
with:
The employment or non employment
The terms of employment
The conditions of labour of any person
6. Parties to Industrial Disputes
(i) Employers and Employers
(ii) Employers and Workmen
(iii) Workmen and Workmen
7. OBJECTS OF THE ACT
1.) To secure Industrial peace:-
(a) By preventing and settling industrial
disputes between the employers and
workmen,
(b) By securing and preserving amity and
good relations between the employers and
workmen through an internal works
Committee
8. (c) By promoting good relations through an
external machinery of conciliation, courts of
Inquiry, labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and
National Tribunals.
2.) To ameliorate the condition of workmen in
the Industry:-
:-By redressal of grievances through a
statutory machinery
:-By providing job security.
9. EXTENT OF THE ACT
• The Act extends to the whole of the India.
It applies to all the Industries whether they
be carried on by private owners by the
Govt.
• The Act has been amended time to time .
• The latest amendment to the Act was
made in August, 1984.
10. Causes of Industrial Disputes
• Economic
• Political
• Personnel
• Indiscipline
• Misc
11. Effects of Industrial Disputes
• On the Economy
• On the Employer
• On the Employees
12. AUTHORITIES UNDER THIS ACT
• Works committee
• Conciliation officers
• Board of conciliation
• Courts of inquiry
• Labour courts
• Tribunals
• National tribunals
13. Works Committee
In the case of any industrial establishment in
which one hundred or more workmen are
employed or have been employed on any day
in the preceding twelve months, the
appropriate Government may by general or
special order require the employer constitute
in the prescribed manner a Works Committee
consisting of representatives of employers .
14. Conciliation officers
A conciliation officer may be appointed for a
specified area or for specified industries in a
specified area or for one or more specified
industries and either permanently or for a
limited period.
15. Boards of Conciliation
A Board shall consist of a chairman and two or
four other members, as the appropriate
Government thinks fit.
• The chairman shall be an independent person
and the other members shall be persons
appointed in equal numbers to represent the
parties to the dispute and any person
appointed to represent a party
16. Courts of Inquiry
• The appropriate Government may as
occasion arises by notification in the Official
Gazette constitute a Court of Inquiry for
inquiring into any matter appearing to be
connected with or relevant to an industrial
dispute.
17. Labour Courts and Industrial
Tribunals
• These are set up by the Central Government
and the State Government or the
Administrations of Union Territories for
dealing with matters which fall in the Central
and the State sphere respectively.
• Labour Courts deal with matters pertaining to
discharge and dismissal of workmen,
application and interpretation of Standing
Orders, propriety of orders passed under
Standing Orders
18. NATIONAL TRIBUNALs
• A National Tribunal shall consist of one person
only to be appointed by the Central Government.
• A person shall not be qualified for appointment
as the presiding officer of a National Tribunal
[unless he is, or has been, a Judge of a High
Court].
• The Central Government may, if it so thinks fit,
appoint two persons as assessors to advise the
National Tribunal in the proceeding before it.