There is one Office of Labour –cum Conciliation
Officer for the whole territorial jurisdiction of Distt. Jhajjar with its headquarter
at Bahadurgarh (Behind Sec-6, Prem Nagar, Ph-01276-210232) under the jurisdiction
of Dy. Labour Commissioner, Panipat.
For the proper implementation of various
Labour Law and for the maintenance of Industrial Peace and Harmony, a Labour Officer
fully responsible and empowered under the various Labour Enactments. The Labour
Officer- cum – Conciliation officer is also having a Quasy judicial powers as Commissioner under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.1972
Authority under the minimum Wages Act, 1948, Authority under the payment of wages
Act, 1936, and Inspector under the labour enactments.
Labour Officer-cum- Conciliation Officer :-
Labour Officer is also declared as Conciliation
Officer under the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 and a workman can file its demand
notice under Section 2-A and 2-K against the illegal termination of its service
or any illegal change in service conditions and the labour officer-cum-Conciliation
Officer by the hearing both the parties and with the consent of both the parties
can arrived at an amicable settlement under Section 12 (3) of the Industrial Disputes
Act, 1947, which shall be binding on both the having legal force.
In case of failure of conciliation, the Labour Officer –cum-Conciliation Officer
shall send its report to the head office through Deputy Labour Commissioner Under
Section 12(4) of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, indicating merits and De-merits
of the case with its recommendation for rejection or reference for the labour court
for Adjudication.
Besides this in case of a complaint or after a periodic term the labour officer
–cum conciliation officer can inspect a unit under the provisions of various labour
enactments and on violation of ant provision
the can prosecute the occupier or manger in the court of law.
Commissioner under the workmen compensation act,1923: -
In case of death or disability due to
injuries on account of accident during the course of employment, the employer is
liable to pay compensation to the dependents disabled with in one month of its fall
due and if the employer failed to pay the compensation the dependents disabled can
file a claim before the commissioner for compensation along white interest and penalty
for delay and the commissioner is empowered to impose penalty to the tune of 50%
of the compensation amount besides the interest. The appeal of the orders of the
commissioner is lie before the Hon’ble high court
Controlling authority under the payment of gratuity act 1972: -
If the employer failed to pay gratuity
to the workman the workman can file a claim before the controlling authority under
the payment of gratuity act 1972 and the controlling authority is empowered under
the act to order to pay gratuity to the claimant along with interest there on. the
appeal can be filed against the order of the before the deputy labour commissioner.
Authority under the Minimum Wages Act,1948: -
If an employer failed to pay wages to
its worker less than the wages fixed by the Govt of Haryana the labour inspector
or the claimants case file a case before the authority under the minimum wages act
1948 for recovery of the less wages and the authority is empowered ot order to pay
the difference of wages to the workers the authority is also empowered to impose
penalty up to ten times of the actual claim appeal against the orders to the authority
can be filed before the Hon’ble High Court.
Authority
under the payment of wages act 1936: -
If a employer is failed to pay wages
or illegally deduct the wages of a worker than the claimant can file a claim application
before the authority and authority is empowered to order to pay the wages to the
worker besides this the authority is also empowered to impose penalty for delay
or illegal deduction of wages as the case may be the appeal against the orders of
the authority can be filed before the Hon,ble Distt and sessions judge.
In case of any unrest strike lockout
etc. The labour officer shall take immediate action with a meeting of both the parties
and shall try its best to solve the problem with intimation to the higher authorities
Besides this, the labour officer and the labour inspectors are declared inspector
under the Punjab shops and commercial establishments act 1958 and they enforce the
various provisions like closing of establishment on close day , after and before
opening hours and also look after the general service conditions of the employees
working in these establishments shops besides this the registration of shops and
establishments are also done by the labour inspector
The labour officer/inspectors are also
declared inspector under child labour act 1986 and if any irregularity is found
they can file the case before the court of law.