Manag., July-2018 – Q77
- Option : B
- Explanation : Tripartism in India’s Industrial Relations
System
Consultations amongst the three actors of
industrial relations, namely, the employer,
the employee and the State, since the initial
years have been the cornerstone of IR policy
in India. To give shape to this element of
policy, a number of bodies and fora were
created. Every major piece of policy initiative
has emerged out of consultations amongst
the three parties. The consultative machinery
has been operationalized through a large
number of tripartite bodies set up by the
government to provide a forum to discuss
and deliberate upon labour issues, policies
and legislations. Notable among these are:
(i) Indian Labour Conference (ILC)
(ii) Standing Labour Committee (SLC)
(iii) Committee on Conventions
(iv) The Industrial Committees The need and evolution of these tripartite bodies are based on the recommendations of ILO (itself tripartite in nature) and the Royal Commission on Labour (Whitley Commission) in 1931. The rules and procedures of the Indian tripartite consultative machinery is largely in tune with the recommendations of the ILO Committee on Consultation and Cooperation. The Indian Labour Conference (ILC) and Standing Labour Committee (SLC) is the most important constituents of tripartite bodies that play a vital role in shaping the IR system of the country. The representatives of the workers and employers are nominated to these bodies by the central government in consultation with the all-India organization of workers and employers.
The highest tripartite mechanism in the country, the Indian Labour Conference and the Standing Labour Committee was set up in 1942 “to advise the Government of India on matters brought to its notice”. The objectives set before these two tripartite bodies at the time of their inception were:
(i) to promote uniformity in labour legislation;
(ii) to lay down a procedure for the settlement of industrial disputes; and
(iii) to discuss all matters of all-India importance as between employers and employees.
