Dear saqi,
Shops and Establishments Act is not the Act for settlement of disputes. It is just like Factories Act (applicable to Factories) and Plantations Labour Act ( for plantations) None of these Act deal with how to settle a dispute between employees or employer and employee. The basic Act which deals with machinery for settlement of disputes and matters connected with termination, lay off, closure of undertaking etc is the Industrial Disputes Act. If there is any dispute relating to employment, then definitely the ID Act is to be referred to and settlement is to be made by way of any machinery, viz, Conciliation Officer, Boar of Conciliations, Court of Enquiry, Labour Court, Tribunals etc. IT has not gained any previlage over the other industries. In IT sector also labour/ human resourse is involved and hence there is no scope of exempting the IT firms from the operation of ID Act. Yes, the employees of IT firms drawing huge amounts as 'salary' will not get any support of the ID Act since the latter is meant for providing job security to working class.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K
Shops and Establishments Act is not the Act for settlement of disputes. It is just like Factories Act (applicable to Factories) and Plantations Labour Act ( for plantations) None of these Act deal with how to settle a dispute between employees or employer and employee. The basic Act which deals with machinery for settlement of disputes and matters connected with termination, lay off, closure of undertaking etc is the Industrial Disputes Act. If there is any dispute relating to employment, then definitely the ID Act is to be referred to and settlement is to be made by way of any machinery, viz, Conciliation Officer, Boar of Conciliations, Court of Enquiry, Labour Court, Tribunals etc. IT has not gained any previlage over the other industries. In IT sector also labour/ human resourse is involved and hence there is no scope of exempting the IT firms from the operation of ID Act. Yes, the employees of IT firms drawing huge amounts as 'salary' will not get any support of the ID Act since the latter is meant for providing job security to working class.
Regards,
Madhu.T.K