Industrial relations play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining industrial democracy. In India it has passed through several stages. A number of factors, viz., social, economic and political have influenced industrial relations.
Industrial unrest leads to loss of man, days and productivity of organisations. The government had played a dual role - one as the initiator of policy and the other as an employer or owner by setting up large public sector organisations.
Industrial relations provide the basics of industrial democracy, dispute settlements and collective bargaining in organisations.
1. Indian industrial relations - an overview
2. Indian industrial worker
3. Trade unionism
4. Origin and structure of trade union
5. Trade Union Act
6. Evolution of industrial relations
7. Industrial Disputes Act 1947
8. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946
9. Payment of Bonus Act 1965