(1) Power has been given to Appropriate Government to require Works Committee to be constituted in every industrial establishment employing 100 workmen or more.

(4) The Industrial Dispute Act was first amended in the year 1949.

(1) Before the Industrial Disputes Act was implemented in the year 1947, Trade Disputes Act, 1929 took care of the industrial disputes.

(3) Labour Court have been set up under the provisions of Industrial Dispute Act, 1947 for adjudication of industrial disputes in an organization.

(2) At the time of establishment employing 100 persons or more are required to seek prior permission of Appropriate Government before effecting lay-off, retrenchment and closure.

(3) Award means an interim or a final determination of any industrial dispute is determined by Labour Court and Arbitrator.

(3) The minimum number of members required for the registration of a trade union is seven.

(1) The employer is required to send a report to the Commissioner for workmen’s compensation within 7 days of the death or serious injury of the workman.

Section 2 (oo) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 defines retrenchment as the termination by the employer of the service of a workman for any reason whatsoever.

(2) Unfair labour practices mean any of the practices specified in the Fifth Schedule of the Industrial Disputes Act.

(4) In General Manager, Haryana Roadways v. Rudhan Singh, 2005, Court observed that there is no rule of thumb that in every case where the Industrial Tribunal gives a finding that the termination of service was in violation of Section 25-F of the Act, entire back wages should be awarded.

(4) A work stoppage means the concerted refusal of employees to perform work that their employer has assigned to them in order to force the employer to grant certain demanded concessions, such as increased wages or improved employment conditions. But right to strike is not a fundamental right.

(1) The above principle was laid down in one of the following case by the apex court in Crompton Greaves v/s The workmen AIR 1978 SC.

(2) Forming groups among workmen and strengthening mediation between employer and employee is not the duty of works committee under the Industrial Disputes Act.

(2) In Surendara Kumar Verma v/s Central Govt. Indl. Tribunal, Supreme Court held that when retrenchment of a workmen is invalid, reinstatement can be ordered.