2. LABOUR POLICY:
• Labour policies refer to the set of rules,
regulations, and practices implemented by
governments or organizations to manage and
regulate the relationship between employers and
employees.
• These policies are designed to ensure fair
treatment, protect workers' rights, and create a
balanced and productive work environment.
• Labour policies can vary significantly from
country to country and may cover a wide range of
issues.
3. Here are some common
aspects of labour policies:
• EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS:
Labour policies often define the terms and conditions of employment contracts, including
working hours, wages, benefits, and termination procedures. These contracts may also outline the
rights and responsibilities of both employers and employees.
• MINIMUM WAGE:
Governments may establish a minimum wage to ensure that workers receive a basic level of
compensation for their labor. This is aimed at preventing exploitation and ensuring a reasonable
standard of living for workers.
4. • WORKING HOURS AND OVERTIME:
Labour policies typically regulate the maximum number of working hours per week, as well
as the payment of overtime for work beyond standard hours.
These regulations aim to prevent employee burnout and ensure fair compensation for
additional work.
• Health and Safety:
Policies related to workplace safety are crucial for protecting employees from accidents and
occupational hazards.
These policies often require employers to provide a safe working environment, training
programs, and appropriate safety equipment.
• Discrimination and Harassment:
Labour policies address issues of discrimination and harassment in the workplace,
promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment for all employees regardless of gender, race,
religion, or other characteristics.
5. • EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
Labour policies may regulate various types of leaves, such as sick leave, maternity/
paternity leave, and vacation time. Additionally, policies often outline employee benefits such as
health insurance, retirement plans, and other perks.
• COLLECTIVE BARGAINING:
In many countries, labour policies recognize the right of workers to engage in collective
bargaining.
This involves negotiations between employers and labor unions to determine terms and
conditions of employment.
• Unemployment Benefits:
Policies may define the criteria for receiving unemployment benefits, providing financial
support to individuals who lose their jobs through no fault of their own.
6. • CHILD LABOUR AND FORCED LABOUR:
Labour policies aim to eliminate child labor and forced labor, setting age restrictions for
employment and prohibiting exploitative practices.
• Employee Rights:
Policies often outline fundamental rights of employees, including the right to organize,
freedom of association, and protection against unfair dismissal.
7. LABOUR LEGISlatION:
• Establishment of justice - social, political and economic.
• Provision of opportunities to all worker’s irrespective of caste, religion, beliefs for
the development of their personality.
• Protection of weaker section in the community.
• Maintenance of industrial peace.
• Creation of conditions for ecenomic growth.
• Protection and improvement of labour standards.
• Protect workers from exploitation.
8. LABOUR LEGISlATION:
• Guaranate right of workmen to combine and form association or union.
• Ensure right of workmen to bargain collectively for the betterment of their service
conditions.
• Make state interfere as protector of social well being than to remain on looker.
• Ensure human rights and human dignity.
10. REGULATIVE LABOUR LEGISlATION:
• To regulate the relations between employes and employers and to provide for
methods and manners of setting industrial disputed.
1.The trade union act, 1926.
2.The industrial disputes act, 1947.
3.Industrial employment (standing order ) acts, 1946.
11. protective LABOUR LEGISlATION:
• Under this category come those legislations whose primary purpose is to protect
labour standards and to improve the working conditions like areas of hours of
work, supply, employment of children and women etc.
1.Factories act, 1948.
2.Mines act, 1952.
3.Plantations Labour act, 1951.
4.Motor transport workers act, 1961.
5.The Beedi and ciger worker act, 1996.
12. wage-related LABOUR LEGISlATION:
• The payment of wages act, 1936
• The minimum wages act, 1948
• The payment of bonus act, 1965
• The equal remuneration act, 1976
13. social security lobour Legislation:
• They cover those legislation, which intend to provide to the
workmen, social security benefits under certain contengenies of
life and work.
1.Workmen’s compensation act, 1923.
2.Employees state insurance act, 1948.
3.The coal mines PE act, 1948.
4.The maternity benefit act, 1961.
5.Payment of gratuity act, 1972.
14. welfare lobour Legislation:
• Legislations comings under the category aim to promoting the general
welfare of the workers and improving their living conditions.
1. Limestone and dolomite mines labour welfare fund act, 1972.
2. The mica mines welfare fund act, 1946
3. The iron ore mines, manganese ore mine and chrome ore mines
labour welfare fund act, 1976.
4. The cine workers welfare fund act, 1981.
5. Beedi workers welfare funds act, 1976.
