Industrial Relations & Labour Laws NMIMS Assignment Dec 2019

Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

1. Bikram has been with Trackon International in the production department for 10 years. The company grew with leaps and bounds and management changed. The new management brought in a lot of new rules, which the labours were not very happy with. Bikram decided to bring the labour under one flag and decided to have a trade union started for more organized efforts towards settlements. Please elaborate on the duties of a trade union and process of registration of a trade union in India.

2. Jamshed is about to retire from his position of the union leader at Raycon Industries. The company is one of the largest textile companies in the country and operates 3 different strong trade unions. Jamshed has been leading his &lsquobalwaan union&rsquo for 7 years and thought that he must get a new leader now. While he is handing over the charges to Chandrakant, he gives a tip &lsquocollective bargaining is the mantra to succeed without losing a working day&rsquo. He also has a long chat with Chandrakant giving him some tips about the gravity of holding bargain power. In light of this case, please list down factors that have an effect on bargaining power of a party in collective bargaining.

3. Pranjal was working on a project with an NGO for spreading awareness about various labour laws among the workers of different factories which were situated in a deeper area in her state. Those workers were mostly uneducated and were not aware of their own rights in many places. Her group decided to speak about Health, Safety and welfare as their theme. Pranjal decided to speak about two issues Employment of women in factories and an overall awareness about objectives of factories act. Please answer following questions in light of the case.

a. List various restrictions towards employment of women under section 66 of factories act.

b. Please list down in short, objectives of the Factories Act, 1948.