Pros And Cons Of Collective Bargaining

. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING:- Collective bargaining is that arrangement whereby the wages and conditions of employment of workmen are settled though a bargain between the employer and the workmen collectively whether represented through their union or by some of them on behalf of all of them. Ludwing Teller has defined collective bargaining as “an agreement of employers on the one had labour union on the other hand which regulates the terms and conditions of employment.20 The Encyclopedia Britannica 21 defines that collective bargaining is a negotiation between an employer or group of employers and a group of working people to reach agreements on working conditions. Collective bargaining is more usually understand to be negotiation …show more content…
Secondly, providing protection to the workers against harmful effects to their health, safety and morality. In the beginning the position of the worker was that of a daily wage-earner, which means he was paid only for the days he actually worked. A workman was expected to accept all the hazards connected with his work as incidental to his employment. Until the passing of workmen’s compensation Act, 1923 no compensation was paid in case of an accident taking place in the course of employment. But the workmen’s compensation Act, 1923 guarantees to workmen compensation for and injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of employment. The Minimum Wages Act, the Factories Act and the payment of wages Act are a few other legislations based on the principle of social justice. These legislations fix the hours of work, make provision for payment of overtime., leave rules, safety, health and welfare of labour in industry. Labour Welfare in our country has a special significance for our constitution. Provides for the promotion of welfare of people, for human conditions of work and securing to all workers full employment of leisure and social and cultural opportunities.28 The word social justice is neither defined in any of the labour legislations nor does it occur in any of them except the Industrial Disputes Act, …show more content…
Secondly, it is also subservient to the statutory Industrial law. Thirdly, social justice cannot be done in disregard of law laid down by the supreme court social justice does not mean doing everything for the welfare of labour to the utter disregard of the employer. The balance of social justice leans neither side.32 the labour policy of a country should in the national interest, prevail over the rival economic policies in cases of