Powers and Duties of Labour Officer

Provided that a Labour Officer may disclose such information as may be necessary for the purpose of any proceedings under this Act or under any other law for the time being in force.

(4) A Labour Officer may, after giving reasonable notice, convene a meeting of employees for any of the purposes of this Act, on the premises where they are employed, and may require the employer to affix a written notice of the meeting at such conspicuous place in such premises as he may order and may also himself affix or cause to be affixed such notice. The notice shall specify he date, time and place of the meeting the employees or class of employees affected, and the purpose for which the meeting is convened.

(5) A Labour Officer shall entitled to appear and plead in any proceeding under this Act.

(6) It shall be the duty of the Labour Officer—

(a) to watch the interests of employees and promote harmonious relations between employers and employees;

(b) to investigate the grievances of employees and represent employers such grievances and make recommendations to them in consultation with the employees concerned for their redress;

(c) to report to the State Government the existence of any industrial dispute of which no notice of change has been given, together with the names of the parties thereto;

Provided that the Labour Officer shall not-

(i) appear in any proceeding in which the employees who are parties thereto are represented by a Representative Union;

(ii) omitted,

(iii) omitted.

(7) If an employer does not accept and implement the recommendations made by the Labour Officer under clause (b) of subsection (6) within a reasonable time, he shall communicate to the Labour Officer the reasons there for. (1) Any party who under the provisions of section 99 is entitled to give notice of the termination of an award may, instead of giving such notice, apply after the (1) Any party to an award may apply to the Labour Court, the Industrial Court or the Board making the award for its modification on the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (2). (2) Such application in the case of an award- (a) which does not specify a date on which it shall cease to have effect shall not be made until the expiry of the period of two months, from the date on which notice can be given to terminate the award under section 99; (b) [Omitted]. (3) On such application being made, the Labour Court, the Industrial Court or the Board, as the case may be, after hearing the parties and taking evidence as it thinks fit, may modify the award with effect from such date not earlier than the date of application under sub-section (1), as it may specify. (4) Where an application for the modification of an award under sub-section (1) is made, such application shall not in any way affect the binding of such award in regard to the matters determined therein until it is modified. (5) Nothing in this section shall affect the right of any party to terminate award in accordance with the provisions of section 99.