This document outlines the key aspects of labor administration in India. It defines labor administration as public administration activities related to labor policy. The scope of labor administration includes issues like minimum wages, working conditions, safety, benefits, and more. Labor administration is important to improve worker conditions, maintain industrial peace, and ensure rights are respected. In India, labor administration involves both central and state government machinery. The central government ministry oversees attached offices, subordinate offices, autonomous organizations, and adjudication/arbitration bodies. State governments also have their own labor acts and administration systems to regulate industries. Many labor laws are jointly enforced by central and state authorities.

1. Government Machinery For
Labor Administration

2. Labor Administration
• Labour Administration
“ as public administration activities in the field
of labour policy.”

3. Definition of labor administration
• According to Wallin Michel, labour
administration where national programming
or planning exists, appropriate methods of
consultation, and participation of free and
independent employers and workers
organizations should take place in working
towards and implementing social
advancement schemes and in promoting
material economic development at all level.

4. Scope / Field of labor administration
• Minimum wages, . protection of wages,
• Fringe-benefits, . bonus,
• Hours of work, . holidays,
• Leave, . physical working conditions,
• Occupational safety and health, . maternity protection,
• Workmen’s compensation, . provident fund and pension,
• Gratuity, . sickness benefit,
• Medical benefit, . unemployment benefit,
• Employment policy, . employment exchange,
• Training, . vocational guidance,
• Labour welfare measures and so on.

5. Importance
• Improvement of the working and living conditions
of workers and protecting those need ;
• Maintenance of industrial peace and harmony;
• Promotion of co-operation & encouragement
among the parties, by participation of the
employers and workers;
• Identification for the rights and obligations of the
parties and ensuring their effective compliance;

6. Labor administration in India
• It was the govt., of India act, 1919, which for
the first time.
• it has a Fantastic of Detail of Distribution of
Administrative powers between the Central
and State govt’s.
• Generally, the central govt. labor laws relating
to mines, railways, major ports, seamen, and
international and inter-provincial emigration.

7. Constitutional Provisions
• Labor administration in the country acquired
a new orientation of the Indian constitution in
1950.
• Article 246 and schedule 7 of constitution
contain administration powers between the
central and state govt’s.

8. Labor administration machinery of the
central government
• The main responsibility for labor administration
of the govt. of India vests in the Ministry of Labor.
• The Ministry presently consists of the main
Ministry (secretariat), and
4 – attached offices,
9 – subordinate offices,
4 – autonomous organizations,
A number adjudication bodies and one arbitration
body.

9. Attached offices
1. Office of Chief Labor commissioner
2. Directorate General, factory Advice Service
and Labor Institutes,
3. Labor Bureau, and
4. Directorate General, employment and
Training.

10. Head Office
• The labor administration head office located
at Shimla and Chandigarh.

11. Subordinate Office
The 9 offices of Welfare Commissioners are
located in..
1) Allahabad 6) Hyderabad
2) Bangalore 7) Jabalpur
3) Bhilwara 8) Karma
4) Bhubaneswar 9) Nagpur
5) Kolkata

12. Autonomous Organizations
1) Employees’ Stat Insurance Corporation
2) Employees’ Provident Fund Organization
3) Central Board for Workers’ Education
4) V.V.Giri National Labor Institute.

13. Labor Administration Machinery of
State Government
1. These are Similar to those operating at the
centre.
2. Empowered to give direction by the centre.
3. Delegate powers & impose duties from centre.
4. State govt. have their own acts:
 Shops & establishments Act,
 Holidays with pay Act
 Industrial Relations Act

14. Central & State
1. Many labor laws are enforced by both central
& stage govt. for industries.
Ex:
Payment of wages Act, 1936
Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Payment of bonus Act, 1965
Industrial Employment Act, 1946
Trade Unions Act, 1926

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