Industrial dispute Act, 1947

Enactment & amendment of industrial dispute

Act, 1947

Enactment of industrial dispute act, 1947	Introduced the principle of compulsory conciliation and adjudication of ID created two new institutions namely, work committee and tribunals.
1949 amendment	Removing difficulties created by adjudication of disputes in banking and insurance companies.
1950 amendment	Establishment of tribunal and enforcement of award, representation of parties, recovery of money from employer.
1951 amendment	supreme court  declared the award of all industrial tribunal void on the ground of defects in constitution of the tribunal.
1952 amendment	Replaced ordinance 1951, to refer industrial disputes to board of conciliation, court of inquiry and tribunal.
1953 amendment	prescribed conditions for lay-off and retrenched and compensation.
1954 amendment	Extended the provisions concerning lay-off and retrenchment
1956 amendment	Specified circumstances under which compensation for lay-off could be extended beyond the first 45 days of lay-off.
1964-65 amendment	Declaration of air transport services as a permanent public utility services.
1971 amendment,	Widen the power of labor courts, tribunals, in the course of adjudication provision for payment of full compensation for closure of undertaking.
1972 amendment	To serve at least 6o days before the intended closure, a notice in the prescribed manner.
1976 amendment	provision relating to lay-off, retrenchment and closure in certain establishment.
1982 amendment	The expression “appropriate government”  Definition of the term ‘ Industry’  Right of legal heirs.  Payment of wages to the workman  Specifying unfair labor practices on the part of employers, workmen & TD  Lay-off without permission has banned.  Modification of the provisions relating to closure of industry Extension of statutory protection concerning lay-off, retrenchment & closure.