Changes in business scenario and operational dynamics in the industry are metamorphosing the industrial climate, necessitating redefinition of the role and function of industrial relations in the country,” said Nalco CMD and CII Odisha State Council Chairman Dr Tapan Kumar Chand on Friday.
He was addressing the Industrial Relations (IR) Conclave organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here.
Dr Chand said the emergence of knowledge worker who is well-informed, analytical, legally sharp, capable of cogent thought and logical expression calls for a paradigm shift in the way IR is addressed. “Collective bargaining is gradually being eroded and paving the way for productive bargaining,” he said. He stressed that industry should also focus on the contractual labour system since their welfare, wages, training and development would bring in inclusive growth and define industrial relations in the future.
State Minister of Industries Debi Prasad Mishra was guest of honour on the occasion. CII Eastern Region Chairman Umesh Chowdhary delivered a special address. CII Eastern Region HR & IR Subcommittee Co-Chairman Partha Sarathi Mishra delivered the concluding remarks. later, the CII leaders met State Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi and Industries Principal Secretary Sanjeev Chopra.