Management and Employers

Organizations

Employers organizations
Formal groups of employers set up to defend,
represent, or advise affiliated employers and
to strengthen their position in society at
large with respect to labor matters as distinct
from economic matters. EOs can make
collective agreements but that is not a formal
rule. EOs come under the purview of Trade
Union Act, 1926 which includes associations
of both employers and employees
Legal Status of Employers organizations

Can be registered in any of the following

forms:
The Trade Unions Act,1926
The Indian Companies Act, 1956
The Societies Act, 1860
 Develop healthy and stable industrial
relations.
Promote collective bargaining at different
levels.
Bring a unified employers viewpoint on
the issues of industrial relations to the
government.
Represent in the meetings of ILC and SLC
Boards.
Functions
Primary Functions
Promote and protect the interests of employers engaged
in industry ,trade and commerce in india.
Study,analyse and disseminate information relating to
labour policy,labour management relations,collective
bargaining etc.
Offer advice concerning various aspects of labour policy
Liaise with union government and initiate steps that are
representative and legislative in nature
Secondary Functions
Train and develop staff and members
Obtain data on wages and conditions of work in
industries attached to them
Come out with surveys and research reports on issues
of importance to both labour and management.
Take up projects for social and family welfare.
Deal with health and safety at work place .
Initiate steps to improve public image and public
relations.
Structure
At present Employers organisations
are organised at 3 levels
Local organisations They serve the
interests of local business men.
Ex Bombay Mill owners assocation
has been formed to protect the
local interests of manufacturing
units operating within the city.
 Regional organisations
The regional outfits such as Employers
federation to south india and employers
assocaition kolkata are affiliated to central
employers organisation.
Central organisations-AIOE,EFI and AIMO
operate as apex bodies governing the affairs
of several regional and local associations.
Organizations for Indian employers

All India Organization of Industrial

Employers (AIOE) : It is composed of
50 regional Associations of
Employers/Chambers of Commerce
and 149 corporate companies (public
and private). The principal objective of
AIOE is to guide employers so as to
maintain harmonious industrial
relations
 Other Objectives
to take all steps which may be necessary for
promoting, supporting, or opposing legislative and
other measures affecting or likely to affect directly or
indirectly, industry, trade and commerce in general,
or particular interest.
to take all possible steps for counteracting activities
inimical (hostile) to industry, trade and commerce of
the country
to promote and protect the interests of the employers
engaged in industry, trade and commerce in India
 Employers Federation of India
(EFI) : The Employers' Federation of
India has in its membership 30 regional
Associations of Employers/ Chambers of
Commerce and industry and 173
corporate companies. The main objectives
or EFI are :
to regulate the relations between
employers and workers
 to promote and protect the legitimate
interests of employers engaged in
industries, trade and commerce
to maintain harmonious relations between
managements and labour and to initiate
and support all properly considered
schemes that would increase productivity
and at the same time guarantee to labour
a fair share of the increased return
 to collect and disseminate information
affecting employers and to advise
members on their employer-employee
relations and other ancillary aspects.
 The Standing Conference on
Public Enterprises (SCOPE) : The
Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
is composed of 240 Central Government
undertakings / enterprises. The membership
of SCOPE is not open to private sector
companies. The Council, therefore,
represents the entire labor force of India, in
the organized sector in particular, which is
27 million as per latest statistics.
 The objectives of SCOPE cover a wider
ambit: SCOPE looks upon its tasks as both
internal and external to the public sector.
Internally it would endeavor to assist the
public sector in such ways as would help
improve its total performance.
Externally, it would help improve its total
boundary and the Government as would
generally help the public sector in its role.
 Council of Indian Employers
The Council of Indian Employers (CIE) is the solitary
national organization of employers in India and
came into existence in 1956.
Initially, the two apex employers' organizations,
namely the AIOE and the EFI, came under the
umbrella of CIE.
Later the SCOPE joined CIE.
At present it is constituted by the three above-
mentioned organizations, namely the AIOE, the EFI
and the SCOPE
 The Council of Indian Employers is not
registered under any Act of the country, but
all the three constituents of the CIE are
registered, individually under some Act or
the other.
The CIE is fully recognized by the
Government of India and other national /
international bodies, apex employers
associations dealing with labor and social
policy issues.
Functions of CIE

to discuss the general problems confronting Indian

Employers, with particular reference to matters
coming up before the ILO conferences and various
industrial committees, and to formulate, from time
to time, the policy and attitude of Indian
employers in the matter of collaboration with
employers of other countries
to furnish and exchange information on problems
relating to industrial relations with employers of
other countries

 to maintain close contacts with the

International Organization of Employers
(IOE) with a view to study international
trends in the employer-employee
relations and to keep the two parties
informed of such matters
to select the personnel for the Indian
employers delegations to the various
conferences and committees of the ILO
 International Organization of
Employers
Since its creation in 1920 the International
Organization of Employers (IOE) has been
recognized as the only organization at the
international level that represents the
interests of business in the labor and social
policy fields. Today, it consists of 146 national
employer organizations from 139 countries
from all over the world.
 The mission of the IOE is to promote and defend the
interests of employers in international forum, particularly
in the International Labor Organization (ILO), and to this
end works to ensure that international labor and social
policy promotes the viability of enterprises and creates
an environment favorable to enterprise development and
job creation. particularly in both the developing world
and those countries in transition to the market economy.

 The IOE is the permanent liaison body for

the exchange of information, views and
experience among employers throughout
the world. It acts as the recognized
channel for the communication and
promotion of the employer point of view
to all United Nations agencies and other
international organizations.