The panel, among other things, proposed that greater autonomy should be granted to states by moving certain items from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list. The third item recommended for movement to the concurrent list are labour issues. “Labour including trade unions, industrial relations, conditions, safety and welfare, disputes and prescribing minimum wage and industrial arbitration should be on the concurrent list. Oyegun assured the committee members the report would get the expeditious consideration of the APC. “Whatever is thereafter agreed on will be presented to the authorities as the considered views and decisions of the APC for appropriate implementation.”Copyright PUNCH.

Source: Punch January 25, 2018 23:15 UTC