NMIMS Global Access

School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Industrial Relations & Labour Laws

Internal Assignment Applicable for April 2020 Examination

1. Mr. Thakur is advised by his consultants to change the authoritative style of management in his factory and encourage worker’s participation. Please elaborate on the objectives of workers’ participation and various levels of participation for him. (10 Marks)

 2. Mr. Kasture has been head of production with Hayway productions for a long time and has been thinking of working on structuring the employees under a more collective banner. Most of the staff including workers also have been working with the organization for a long time and Mr. Kasture has been speaking with the foremen and some leadership heads about forming a union. The management is finding it strange that in spite of being a part of the senior management, Mr. Kasture is still promoting the ideas of having trade unions in the organization. Mr. Kasture wants to make a presentation to his bosses about how Trade Unions can act as agents of collective bargaining. Please help him by listing the points leading to the thought. (10 Marks)

3. David keeps an ambition of leading his team of workers for better working conditions and better rights at his workplace. He is working for a small organization with a medium sized unit of shirt manufacturing and exports. He feels, the working hours and working conditions need to be worked at and most importantly he feels that compensation offered for the kind of work is not fair. However, he is not a degree holder and needs to read and understand the issues involved with the same. He knows that there is an act named Workmen’s compensation act and he wants to understand. Please help David understand following parts of the act by listing out:

a. Objectives of the Workman’s compensation Act (5 Marks)

b. Scope of Workman’s compensation Act. (5 Marks)

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