Question

Define “Unfair labour Practises” and enumerate the various unfair Labour Practices under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Union and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices Act 1971.

Answer 1

Not every unfair act amounts to an unfair labor practice; as an example, failing to pay an individual worker overtime pay for hours worked in excess of forty hours in a week might be a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, but it is unlikely to amount to an unfair labor practice as well. Similarly, a violation of a collective bargaining agreement, standing alone, may not constitute an unfair labor practice unless the employer has not only violated the contract but repudiated all or part of it.