The recent Bombay High Court judgement striking down ‘rotational employment of temporary workers’ at Bajaj Auto is a welcome development. Call it an unfair labour…
There are several external factors influence industrial relations. Let us take a quick look at them. The first factor which affects industrial relations is the…
“Watching Mahabharat, eh?” Lulu, my parrot, flew in and landed on the chair next to me. Just in case you do not know, parrots have…
I was speaking to a union committee member at Bosch. In his mid-forties, he was a cheerful person. We discussed his career with the company….
[The author of this article is Mr Sharad Patil, the former Director General of The Employers Federation of India. HR Managers and CEOs alike listen…
I published the story of Rajendra Vighe. It was captioned ‘The Contracts of Exploitation.’ In this post I take the story further to explain how…
I would like to begin this address by thanking CII for inviting me to deliver the Keynote address on ‘Labour Reforms at Policy Level.’ I…
The Maharashtra Government has amended the Contract Labour Act, presumably as a part of labour law reforms. But it appears to have outsourced thinking to…
[Address at the IR Conference of Bosch India Ltd. At Goa on Sept 30, 2016] Friends, At the outset I thank you for inviting me…
[This is the fourth anniversary of the Violence and Strike in Maruti Suzuki. I am republishing this article, originally written for and published by SHRM. The issues…