Chandigarh: NIPM -National Institute of Personnel Management (Punjab
Chapter), a Not-for-profit premier body dedicated to the development of Human
Resource (HR) professionals, organized a day Workshop on “Statutory compliances
under Labour legislation covering new Labour codes & Misconduct in
employment and disciplinary procedures”, at PHD Chamber House, Chandigarh. The objective
of the program was to provide a platform for HR professionals to interact with
Central and State government authorities seeking clarifications and preparing
for the hassle-free implementation of New Labour Codes as and when the
Government announced its implementation. The program was well attended by
more than 100 Human Resources(HR) and Industrial Relations (IR) professionals
across the industries from PSUs, Pharma, IT, Health care, and other industries
from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal
and UT Chandigarh.
Harish Nayar, IAS, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, former Head- Punjab Labour Department as
Additional Labour Commissioner presided over the inaugural session. He shared
his experience in his keynote address and discussed the vision and reforms
undertaken to make it industry-friendly. He shared about the initiative taken
for the transfer of wages through the bank instead of payment in cash to the
workers employed in the industries. He also briefly touched on various changes
proposed under the New Labour Code in his address.
Ravinder Chadha, Chairman of the Punjab Chapter
highlighted the activities of the Chapter, as well as Student Chapters in the
region (in various Universities) that guide students under the mentorship of
senior HR professionals. NIPM Punjab Chapter is also associating with various
industry associations of the region. S P Bansal, Regional Vice President
(North) NIPM, highlighted the activities of NIPM across India. He also
informed about the upcoming Northern Regional HR Conference to be organized by
NIPM in November 2024.
The distinguished speakers including K S Guru, Deputy
Chief Labour Commissioner, Central (Retd) and presently Chairman of District
Child Welfare Commission, Mohali, and Diwan Chand, Assistant Labour
Commissioner (Central) discussed the Contract Labour (R&A) Act, while J S
Kang, Deputy Secretary, Punjab, Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCCW)
Board shared various welfare Schemes of Punjab Govt. for Construction Labour
and Other workmen. Adv. Ajay Bakshi, Labour Law Practitioner & Consultant,
Anil Kaushik, Chief Advisor, Personnel (IR & Legal) DCM Engineering
deliberated on the Special Provisions relating to Lay Off, Retrenchment,
Closure, Strikes, Lock Out, and Collective Bargaining under Industrial Dispute
Act, 1947 and Misconduct in Employment and Disciplinary Procedures.
Anupam Malik, Additional Labour Commissioner, Haryana
(Retd.), and Mr Jorawer Singh, CEO, Olympus
highlighted changes and provisions under the New Labour Codes emphasizing that
the new codes have been framed with the objective of ease of doing
business. Mohit Singla, Deputy Director Factories, Punjab
discussed provisions for Occupational safety and welfare under the Factories
Act, 1948.
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