Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

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Identifikator:: 1850495947

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-233603

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on Labour in India

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1931

Scope:: xviii, 580 S.; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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39 ATPENDIX 1. Paagzs.. th) The Council should.be sufficiently representative: but not too large. The representatives of labour should be elected by registered trade unions, and where there are no registered trade unions of any size they should be nominated by Gov- ernment. The employers’ representatives should also be elected by associations of employers, whose voting power should be approximately proportionate to the number of workers which their members employ ,. . (¢) The Council should meet annually and its president should be slected at each annual session. The secretary of the Council should be a permanent official responsible to it for the cur- rent business throughout the year oT Functions of the Council : (7) to examine proposals for labour legislation referred to it and also to initiate such proposals ‘s ve (it) to promote a spirit of co-operation and understanding among those concerned with labour policy, and to provide an opportunity for an interchange of infor mation regarding experiments in labour matters .. (4%) to advise the Central and provincial Governments on the framing of rules and regulations i . (iv) to advise regarding the collection of labour statistics and the co-ordination and development of economic research es 364. If labour legislation is central, the authority finally responsible for such legislation must be the Central Legislature. If labour legis- lation is to be decentralised, some co-ordinating body will be necessary. The decisions of the Council could not be given mandatory power, but in pertain circumstances it might be made obligatory for provincial Governments within a specified time to submit proposals for legislation to their respective legislatures for a decision as to their adoption or rejection - - 355. Votes in the Industrial Council should be recorded separately in three groups, one including employers’ representatives, one workers’ representatives and one the remaining members we 356. Where there is the danger of establishments being transferred bo Indian States in order to escape regulation, an effort should be made bo obtain the co-operation of the adjoining States .. . we 357. (a) The possibility of making labour legislation both a federal and a provincial subject should be considered. (b) If federal legislation is not practicable, efforts should be directed to securing that, as early as possible, the whole of India parti- cipates in making progress in labour matters. (c) For States in which there is appreciable industrial deve- lopment, the Industrial Council should offer a suitable channel for co-operation .. 4Q% 468 468 460 469 470 471] 471 474 474

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