Industrial relations and Labour laws / Suresh C Srivastava

Part.1. Industrial relations and labour laws -- Introduction to labour law -- Industrial relations: an overview -- Constitutional framework on industrial relations -- Part.2. Trade Unions and law -- Trade unions of workers and employers organizations: a contextual and historical analysis -- Judicial delineation of statutory definition of trade union and trade dispute -- Registration of trade unions -- Members, office holders and outsiders in trade unions -- Trade union finances and funds -- Privileges of registered trade unions -- Recognition of trade union -- Collective bargaining -- Unfair labour practices and victimizations -- Part.3. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 -- Industrial disputes act: a contextual framework -- Concept and scope of individual and industrial disputes -- Arena of interaction and participants in industrial disputs -- Workmen -- Settlement of industrial disputes -- Powers of the appropriate government -- Instruments of economic coercion -- Lay-off, retrenchment, transfers and closure -- Management of discipline and disciplinary procedure -- Management's prerogative during the pendency of proceedings and notice of change -- Part 4: Standing orders -- Contextual frame-work of the industrial employment (standing orders) Act, 1946 -- Scope and coverage of the industrial employment (standing orders) Act, 1946 -- Concept and nature of standing orders -- Certification process-its operation and binding effect -- Modification and temporary application of model standing orders -- Interpretation and enforcement of standing order -- Role of government under the IESOA -- Part.5. Workers' participation in management -- Index