New Delhi, Sept 24: Union Minister of Labour and Employment (Independent charge) Oscar Fernendes on Wednesday reportedly apologised for his pro-worker remarks on the murder of the CEO of an Italy-based company in Greater Noida.
Sacked employees of the car-parts maker Graziano Transmissioni on Monday attacked Chief Executive Officer Lalit Kishore Chaudhary at the company’s office in Greater Noida, when discussions over a long-running labour dispute turned violent.
Describing the killing of Chaudhury as a fallout of the ‘simmering discontent among the workers,’ Fernendes on Tuesday said this should serve as a warning for managements.
New Delhi, Sept 22 : Union Minister of Labour and Employment Oscar Fernandes today called for a review of the industrial disputes resolution system, suggesting that it should be in sync with the policy of economic liberalization and restructuring.
Inaugurating the Third India-EU Seminar on “Employment Relations and Resolution of Conflicts” here, Fernandes said that the industrial resolution system should focus on bipartite consultation, building of trust by information sharing at enterprise level and promote voluntary arbitration rather than resolution of disputes through adjudication.