Industrial Relations and Labour Legislation Max. Hours: 20 Semester Iv
Industrial Relations and Labour Legislation Max. Hours: 20 Semester Iv
Max. Hours : 20
SEMESTER IV
UNIT I (3 Sessions)
Overview of Industrial Relations : Concept of Industrial Relations; Nature of Industrial Relations;
Objectives of IR; Evolution of IR in India ; Role of State; Trade Union; Employers' Organisation; ILO in
IR.
UNIT II (3 Sessions)
Trade Unionism : Trade Union : origin and growth, unions after independence, unions in the era of
liberalization;concept, objectives, functions and role of Trade Unions in collective bargaining; problems
of Trade Unions.
UNIT IV (9 Sessions)
Labour Legislations: Industrial Dispute Act, Factories Act, Payment of Wages Act, Workmen's
Compensation Act.Important Provisions of Employees' State Insurance Act, Payment of Gratuity Act,
Employees Provident Fund Act, Maternity Benefit Legislation,Child Labour(Prohibition and
Regulation)Act.
UNIT V ( 2 Sessions)
Technological Change in IR-Employment issues, Management Strategy, Trade Union Response, Human
Resource Management and IR- Management Approaches, Integrative Approaches to HRM;
International Dimensions of IR.
Suggested Readings :
1. Mamoria CB, Mamoria, Gankar - Dynamics of Industrial Relations (Himalayan Publications, 15th
Ed.)
2. Singh B.D. - Industrial Relations (Excel, 1st Ed.)
3. Sinha - Industrial Relations, Trade Unions and Labour Legislation (Pearson Education, 1st Ed.)
4. Srivastava SC - Industrial Relations and Labour Laws (Vikas, 2000, 4th Ed.)
5. Venkata Ratnam – Industrial Relations (Oxford, 2006, 2nd Ed.)
LESSON PLAN
4. UNIT II (3 Sessions)
Trade Unionism : Trade Union : origin and growth, unions after
independence, unions in the era of liberalization.
5 concept, objectives, functions and role of Trade Unions in
collective bargaining.
10 UNIT IV (9 Sessions)
Labour Legislations: Industrial Dispute Act.
11 Factories Act.