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Indian Railways
Indian Railways
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
3. STAFF COUNCILS
These are bodies organized of railways on territorial basis or staff basis
or combination of both. Objective of this body is to maintain good
relations & spirit of cooperation between railway administration &
groups of non-gazatted railway employees. These are of 3 tiers i.e.
Central, Divisional & Area or Station committee council.
Level of Participation :
• DRM Level : Divisional Set up of Organised labour with DRM, Sr.DPO
• Zonal Level : with GM/AGM, CPO along with all POHDs and Zonal set
up nominated by Recognised Trade Unions.
• Railway Board Level : with Chairman and MS along with all
Additional Members of respective departments and representatives
from Federation nominated by recognized Federation.
1. ACTS APPLICABLE:
1. PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT 1957
2. MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
3. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION ACT, 1923
4. FACTORIES ACT, 1948
5. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE ACT, 1947
6. TRADE UNIONS ACT, 1926
7. CONTRACT LABOUR ACT, 1970
2. SETTLEMENT MACHINERY :
Applicability of Industrial Dispute Act comes into picture here covering
all railway workmen other than those on supervisory level whose
wages exceed 1600 Rs per month.
3. TRADE UNION ACT 1926:
A trade Union is a continuous association of wage earners for the
purpose of maintaining & improving workers’ conditions & their lives.
UNIONS ON RAILWAYS:
1. NATIONAL RAILWAYS MAZDOOR UNIONS
2. CENTRAL RAILWAY MAZDOOR SANGH
3. MADHYA RAILWAY KARMCHARI SANGH
4. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDIAN RAILWAYMEN
5. BHARTI RAILWAY MAZDOOR SANGH
6. East Central Railwaymen’s Congress (ECRMC), Patna
7. Uttar Paschim Railway Mazdoor Sangh (UPRMS), Jaipur
8. South Western Railway Employees’ Sangh (SWRES), Hubli
9. North Central Railway Employees’ Sangh (NCRES), Allahabad
10. South East Central Railway Mazdoor Congress (SECRMC), Bilaspur
11. East Coast Railway Shramik Congress (ECORSC), Bhubaneswar
12. West Central Railway Mazdoor Sangh (WCRMS), Jabalpur
INTRODUCTION
1 BONUS
2 HISTORY:
The practice of paying bonus in India originated during
First World War when certain textile mills granted 10% of
wages as war bonus to their workers in 1917. In certain cases
of industrial disputes demand for payment of bonus was also
included. Bonus Act is the outcome of the recommendation
made by the tripartite commission which was set up by the
Govt. of India in 1961. Commission was asked to consider the
payment of bonus based on profit to employees by employer.
Accordingly, Payment of Bonus Ordinance, 1965 was
promulgated on May 26, 1965. Subsequently, it was accepted
by the parliament & accordingly in 1965, the Payment of
Bonus Act was enacted.
3OBJECTIVES:
6DEFINITIONS:
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
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employment be express or implied;
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within a month from the date on which the award
becomes enforceable or the settlement comes into
operation, in respect of such dispute;
(b) in any other case, within a period of eight months
from the close of the accounting year:
Provided that the appropriate Government or such
authority as the appropriate Government may specify in this
behalf may, upon an application made to it by the employer
and for sufficient reasons, by order, extended the said period
of eight months to such further period or periods as it thinks
fit; so, however, that the total period so extended shall not in
any case exceed two years.
During the year 1995, the Federation insisted that the rate of
PLB should be enhanced upward from Rs.1600/-. The
Government have considered and revised the rate from
Rs.1600 to Rs.2500 on 20-9-995 through an Ordinance.