- Standing Labour Committee
The Standing Labour Committee (SLC), a tripartite body is a precursor to the Indian Labour Conference. The main function is to consider and examine such questions as may be referred to it by the Plenary Conference or the Central Government and to render advice taking into account the suggestions made by various governments, workers and employers. The 48th Session of SLC was held on 11th May, 2017 at New Delhi. The Standing Labour Committee after detailed deliberations finalized following four agenda items for discussion in the 47th Session of Indian Labour Conference to be held on 26th & 27th Feb 2018:
i. Social Security for all;
ii. Labour Law amendment, reforms and codification;
iii. Employment Generation with special focus on women;
iv. Transition to formal employment.
- Committee on Conventions
This is a three-man tripartite committee set u in 1954. The object was to:
i. To examine the ILO conventions and recommendations which have not so far been ratifies by India.
ii. To make suggestions with regard to a phased and speedy implementation of ILO standards.
It is generally composed of eminent jurists appointed by the Governing Body for three-year terms. The Experts come from different geographic regions, legal systems and cultures. The Committee’s role is to provide an impartial and technical evaluation of the state of application of international labour standards.When examining the application of international labour standards the Committee of Experts makes two kinds of comments: observations and direct requests. Observations contain comments on fundamental questions raised by the application of a particular convention by a state. These observations are published in the Committee’s annual report.
Direct requests relate to more technical questions or requests for further information. They are not published in the report but are communicated directly to the governments concerned. The Committee’s annual report consists of three parts. Part I contains a General Report, which includes comments about member states’ respect for their Constitutional obligations and highlights from the Committee’s observations Part II contains the observations on the application of international labour standards Part III is a General Survey.
- Industrial Committee
The eight session of the ILC (1947) decided to set up Industrial Committees to discuss various specific problems special to the industries covered by them and submit their report to the Conference, which would co-ordinate their activities. These committees are tripartite bodies in which the number of workers representatives is equal to the number of employers representatives. They do not meet regularly, meetings are considered afresh each time a session is called. The first Industrial Committee was constituted in 1947. Since then a number of committees have been set up to study labour problems and suggesting means to overcome them.
Other Tripartite committees
Besides the various committees discussed earlier, all those committees that has been playing a vital role in the implementation of uniform and co-ordinated labour policy in the country are discussed this head. A few important committees are:
- Steering Committee on Wages:
It was set up in 1956 as a study group on wages and subsequently reconstituted as the steering committee on wages. It consists of representatives of state government, employers, workers and an economist. Its functions were :
a) To study trends in wages, production and price.
b) To draw a wage map of India.
c) To help laying down principles which will guide wage fixing authorities.
- Central Boards of Workers Education
This was constituted to encourage growth of strong and well informed trade union movement on responsible and constructive lines and comprised of representatives of central & state government, employers and workers
- National Productivity Council:
It encouraged the productivity in the country and consists of the government, employers associations, labourers association & organizations and independent experts.
- Central Implementation and Evaluation Machinery:
This is setup to ensure proper implementation of labour awards, agreements and Code of Discipline. It consists of 4 representatives each of central employers· and workers organizations with union labour minister as chairman.