Objectives
Enlisted below are some prime objectives of the department:
- Maintenance of Industrial peace
- Settlement of industrial disputes
- Adjudication of compensation claims and non-payment of wages
- Registration and de-registration of Trade Union/Federations
- Conducting of referendums for determination of collective bargaining agent and supervision of election proceedings of Trade unions and Federation
- Audit and Scrutiny of the Annual Returns/Funds of Trade Unions and Federations
- Enforcement of labour welfare laws in shops, commercial and industrial establishments
- Implementation of government policies and programmes for the gradual elimination of Child Labour
- Collection of data and compilation of data pertaining to child labour
- Coordination of government efforts for combating the issue of Bonded Labour
- Registration and de-registration of factories, shops and commercial establishments
- Enforcement of weights and Measures laws at shops, commercial establishments and petrol pumps
- Training in various disciplines of industrial relation administration and financial management to the departmental functionaries, trade unions and management representatives at Industrial Relations Institute
- Provision of training, information and advisory services to the industry for improvement of safety. Health and working conditions and environment
- Distribution of Marriage Grants, Talent Scholarships and Death Grants
- Allotments of Plots/Houses/Flats and estate management of labour colonies