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    The document discusses the various authorities and machineries established under the Industrial Disputes Act for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes in India. These include Works Committees to promote employer-employee relations, Conciliation Officers to mediate disputes, Boards of Conciliation to facilitate settlements, Courts of Inquiry to investigate matters, Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals to adjudicate certain disputes, National Tribunals for disputes of national importance, and Grievance Settlement Authorities for individual worker grievances. The roles, composition, and powers of each mechanism are outlined.

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    The document discusses the various authorities and machineries established under the Industrial Disputes Act for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes in India. These include Works Committees to promote employer-employee relations, Conciliation Officers to mediate disputes, Boards of Conciliation to facilitate settlements, Courts of Inquiry to investigate matters, Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals to adjudicate certain disputes, National Tribunals for disputes of national importance, and Grievance Settlement Authorities for individual worker grievances. The roles, composition, and powers of each mechanism are outlined.

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    PREVENTION AND

    SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

    Sujina Ummar J
    Introduction
     The Industrial Disputes Act provides an
    elaborate and effective machinery for bringing
    about the industrial peace, investigation and
    settlement of industrial disputes and
     The Act has created various authorities or
    machineries for and bringing about industrial
    peace.
    The various authorities or machineries are
    :
     Works Committees
     Conciliation Officers
     Boards of Conciliation
     Court of Inquiry
     Labour Courts
     Industrial Tribunals
     National Tribunals and
     Grievance Settlement Authorities
    Works Committees

     The Works Committees is constituted in order


    to promote good relations between the
    employers and the workmen in an industry.
     The functions of the works committee are to
    discuss such problems relating to grievances,
    complaints, matters of discipline, welfare
    problems such as health, safety, education and
    other personal problems.
    Conciliation Officers

     Conciliation means the intervention of a


    mediator with a view to bring the parties to an
    agreement.
     Conciliation Officer can be appointed for a
    specified area or even for specified industries
    in a specified area.
     He plays a very important role in bringing
    round the parties who are involved in disputes.
    Boards of Conciliation

     The appropriate Government may by


    notification in the official Gazette constitute a
    Board of Conciliation for promoting a
    settlement of an industrial dispute.
     The Board may consist of 3 or 5 members
    including the chairman.
     The members of the Board should be appointed
    only on the recommendations of the parties of
    the dispute.
    Court of Inquiry

     The Appropriate Government may constitute


    the Court of inquiry for inquiring into any
    matter , appearing to be connected with or
    relevant to an industrial dispute.
     The Court means a court of inquiry constituted
    under the Industrial Disputes Act.
     The Government alone has power to constitute
    a court of inquiry.
     It may consist of 2 or more persons, one of
    them should be appointed a chairman.
    Labour Court
     The Industrial Disputes Act was amended in
    the year 1956.
     Prior to the amendments, there was no forum
    of Labour Courts.
     The Labour Courts were established for the
    first time by the amended Act of 1956.
     The appropriate Government is empowered to
    constitute Labour Courts. It shall consist of
    only one person namely Presiding officer.
    Industrial Tribunals
     The Appropriate Government is empowered to
    constitute Industrial Tribunals.
     While the jurisdiction of Labour Court is limited to
    very few matters mentioned, wider jurisdiction is
    conferred on the tribunal.
     The tribunal consists of one person only to be
    appointed by the Appropriate Government. Such
    person is known as the presiding officer of the
    Industrial Tribunal.
     He should be a Judge of High Court or
     He should be District Judge or an Additional District Judge for
    a period of not less than 3 years.
    National Tribunals
     There are some industrial disputes which, in
    the opinion of the Central Government involve
    questions of national importance or are of such
    nature that industrial establishment situated in
    more than one state are likely to be interested
    in.
     The National Tribunal shall consist of one
    person only to be appointed by the Central
    Government.
    Grievance Settlement Authorities
     This kind of authorities is newly introduced
    under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1982.
     The Grievance Settlement Authorities should
    be constituted in every industrial establishment
    in which fifty or more workmen are employed.
     It should be constituted for the settlement of
    Industrial disputes connected with an
    INDIVIDUAL WORKMAN employed in the
    said establishment.
    THANK YOU…

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