The Organisation of the Chief Labour Commissioner known as Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM)

HISTORICAL PROSPECTIVE :
The Organisation of the Chief Labour Commissioner (C))known as Central Industrial Relations Machinery was set up in April, 1945 in pursuance of the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Labour in India and was then charged mainly with duties of prevention and settlement of industrial disputes,enforcement of labour laws and to promote welfare of workers in the undertakings falling within the sphere of the Central Government.
Combining the former organizations of the Conciliation Officer (Railways) and Supervisor of Railway Labour and the Labour Welfare Advisor, it started with a small complement of staff comprising Chief Labour Commissioner (C)) at New Delhi, 3 Regional Labour Commissioners at Bombay, Calcutta & Lahore and 8 Conciliation Officer and increased gradually consequent upon expanding labour legislation's in the Post-independence period, increased industrial activity in the country and growing responsibilities of the Organisation.
Presently there are 18 regions each headed by a Regional Labour Commissioner (C) with Headquarters at
Ajmer
Ahmedabad
Asansol
Bangalore
Bombay
Bhubaneshwar
Chandigarh
Cochin
Calcutta
Gwahati
Hyderabad
Jabalpur
Chennai
New Delhi
Patna
Nagpur
Dhanbad and
Kanpur.
Out of these, 14 regions have been placed under the supervision of three zonal Dy.CLCs(C) and 4 regional offices are supervised directly by Headquarters office of CLC(C).
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS OF CIRM
The CIRM administers the Labour Laws in the industries for which The Central Govt. is the `appropriate Government' under that Act, Its functions therefore are:
* Prevention and settlement of industrial disputes;
* Enforcement of Labour Laws;
* Verification of membership of Trade Unions;
* Enforcement of Awards and Settlements;
* Conduct of inquiries into the breaches of Code of Discipline;
* Promotion of Works Committees and Workers' Participation in Management;
* Collection of statistical information;
* Defence of court cases and writ petitions arising out of
Implementation of labour laws.

VERIFICATION OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP
GENERAL VERIFICATION :
The general verification to determine the relative strength of Central Trade Union Organisation is conducted with a view to giving them representation on various international and national conferences, Committees, Councils etc. The strength of a Central Trade Union Organisation is taken to be the combined membership of registered unions affiliated to the central trade unions. Only those Central Trade Union Organisations whose affiliates are spread over atleast four states and in four industries and have 5 lakhs memberships.
The Government would recognize such trade unions as central Trade Union Organisation. The verification is undertaken once in four years.
More Details Click the link : http://labour.gov.in/clc/

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