Labour legislation in India aims to protect workers' rights and promote their welfare through various laws. The Constitution establishes the right to work, education, public assistance, just working conditions, and participation in management. Labour laws are classified into general laws applying to all establishments, industry-specific laws, laws relating to wages, social security, welfare, and more. Specific provisions also protect children, women, and provide social insurance for workers. The overall goal is to establish a just social order and humane working conditions for all people in India.
2. CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
( Bhāratīya Saṃvidhāna )
• Welfare to all its citizens
• Fundamental rights
• Safeguards for minority
• Interest of the Working Class
3. Fundamental Rights incorporated
• Article 38: Secure and protect a social order
which stands for the welfare of the people.
• Article 41: Right to work, to education and to
public assistance in certain cases.
• Article 42: Provision of just and human
conditions of work and maternity relief.
• Article 43 A: Participation of workers in
management of industries.
4. Labour Legislation is necessary for the
following reasons:
• Workers are economically weak
• Workers are exposed to certain risks in
factories, mines and other establishments.
• Encourage the formation of trade unions.
• In order to avoid industrial disputes
• To protect children and women form taking to
work under hazardous conditions
5. Classification of Labour Laws:
• General Laws which are applicable to all
establishments not otherwise provided for, e.g.,
Factories Act 1948; the Industrial Employment
(Standing Order) Act, 1946.
• Specific Laws which are applicable to specific
industry-The Mine Act, 1952, The Plantations Labour
Act, 1948, Indian Merchants Shipping- Act, 1923.
Working Journalists Newspaper Employees (Conditions
of Services) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955.
• Laws relating to specific matters, namely-(a) 'wages,
(b) social security, -(c) welfare, (d}housing, (e) leave,
e.g.,
6. • The Payment of Wages Act, 1936;
• The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
• The Workmen Compensation Act, 1923;
• The Employees' Provident Fund Act, 1952;
• The Employees .state Insurance Act, 1948;
• The Bonded Labour and System (Abolition)
Act, 1976.
7. Laws relating to association of workers e.g.,
• TheTradeUnion Act, 1926;
• The Industrial Disputes Act:
• Laws relating to children and women.
There are specific provisions relating to these persons in
• The Factories Act 1948;
• The Mines Act, 1952;
• The Plantations Labour Act, 1951.
Laws relating to social insurance.
• The Workmen Compensation Act, 1923,
• The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
• The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948.
8. “Show A Child Love
And Care, Child
Labour Is Not
Just Fair ”
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