Industril Dispute

IMMG 14052 - Industrial and Business Law

Assignment No: 04

Student No: IM/2008/050

Explain what is an industrial dispute? How can we resolve an industrial dispute?

Industrial Dispute means any dispute or differences between employers and employers or between employers and workmen or between workmen and workmen which is connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or with the conditions of labour of any person. When it comes to who and how an industrial dispute can be raised, the following key points will be useful.

* Any person who is a workman employed in an industry can raise an industrial dispute

* A workman includes any person (including an apprentice) employed in an industry to do manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward.

*  It excludes those employed in managerial or administrative capacity. 

* Industry means any business, trade, undertaking, manufacture and includes any service, employment, handicraft, or industrial occupation or avocation of workmen.

* A workman can raise a dispute directly before a Conciliation Officer in the case of discharge, dismissal, retrenchment or any form of termination of service. 

In order to avoid industrial disputes, it is very important to create good relations between individual staff member and their staff is key to creating a productive working environment. They should therefore seek to encourage a workplace culture that prevents conflicts from arising. If they fail to do so, collective grievances could arise, which could in turn lead to workers making tribunal claims or calling for industrial action.

It is good practice to develop channels for informing and consulting workforce and their representatives on employment matters and business developments more widely. Depending on the size of the business, it could set up:

* a staff forum or joint working group to pass on information to, collect...