Industrial Relations Act, 2012 — section 54

54. Functions of the Commission..—The following shall be the functions of the Commission, namely:

(a)to adjudicate and determine an industrial dispute in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial to which a trade union or a federation of such trade unions is a party and which is not confined to matters of purely local nature and any other industrial dispute which is, in the opinion of the Government, of national importance and is referred to it by that Government;

(b)to register trade unions and industry-wise trade unions of an establishment or group of establishments in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial, and federations of such trade unions;

(c)to determine the collective bargaining agents amongst trade unions and industry wise trade unions in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial and federations of such trade unions;

(d)to try offences punishable under

(i)Section 67 other than sub-sections (1) and (6) thereof; and

(ii)any other section, in so far as they relate to employers or workers in relation to a trade union or an industry-wise trade union in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial, and a federation of such trade unions, or officers of such union or federation;

(e)to deal with cases of unfair labour practices specified in Sections 31 and 32 on the part of employers, workers, trade unions of either of them or persons acting on behalf of any of them, whether committed individually or collectively, in the manner laid down under Section 33 or sub-section (9) Section 33 or in such other way as may be prescribed, and to take, in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations under Section 66, measures calculated to prevent an employer or workman from committing an unfair labour practice;

(f)to advise the Government, trade unions and industry-wise trade unions in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial, and federations in respect to the education of workers in the essentials of trade unionism, including education in respect of their right and obligations, and to secure the provision of facilities required thereof, and to apportion the cost thereof between the Government, trade unions and federations of such trade unions, and the employers, in such manner as may be considered equitable by the Commission, subject to the approval of the Government;

(g)to take measures calculated to prevent an employer or workman from committing an unfair labour practice in such manner as may be determined by regulations;

(h)to deal with cases of individual grievance in the manners prescribed in Section 33.

(i)to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the establishment or group of establishments situated in the Islamabad Capital Territory and trans-provincial; and

(j)such other powers and functions as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, assign to it from time to time.