Employee Relations and Labour Laws

Unit

Course Description

Sessions

Unit I

Introduction and Importance of Employee Relations Management: Employee Relations Management Tool, Aspects of Industrial Relations, Emerging Challenges of IR in India, Linking Industrial Relations with Economic Growth of a Country.

3

Unit II

Trade Unionism: Development of Trade Unionism, Functions, Type and Structure, Problems & Suggestive Remedial Measures of Trade Unions, Major Provisions of the Trade Unions Act, 1926.

3

Unit III

Collective Bargaining: Significance, Types & Procedure of Collective Bargaining, Employee Participation and Empowerment- Objectives, Advantages of Employee Participation, Employee Participation in India, Methods of Participation.

3

Unit IV

Discipline: Misconduct, Disciplinary Action, Types of Punishments, Code of Discipline, Domestic Enquiry. Grievance: Concept, Types, Grievance Settlement Procedure.

4

Unit V

Industrial Disputes Preventive & Settlement Machinery in India: The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Settlement and Prevention of Disputes.

3

Unit VI

Law of Wages: Code on Wages, 2019, Wages Code Concerns, Impact of the Code and Way Forward.

2

Unit VII

The Factories Act 1948: Major Provisions of the Factories Act, 1948, The Inspecting Staff, Health, Safety, Welfare, Working Hours of Adults, Employment of Young Persons, Annual Leave With Wages, Special Provisions, Penalties And Procedure.

3

Unit VIII

The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946: Major Provision of The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946.

3