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| Legal Framework :
Labour Related Laws |
Stress is being shown by the government on some
specific sectors for their growth which includes:
Toy It goes without saying that a contended labour force is
essential for economic growth of any country . The Indian labour
force had a tremendous increase both in magnitude and quality as
the country witnessed an unprecedented growth in
industrialisation and urbanisation for four decades since 1950.
The government set up a National Commission on Labour in
mid-1960s to ensure a better deal for workers and a co-operative
and healthy industrial relationship. The Commission under the
Chairmanship of Justice Gajendragadkar, a former Chief Justice
of India, produced a wealth of information and recommendations
that guided a spate of labour legislations. The guiding
principle of the labour-related laws was to promote workers’
welfare and ensure social security but without disturbing
industrial harmony.
1. Apprentices Act, 1961
2. The Bidi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act,
1966
3. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
4. Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
5. The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933
6. The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
7. Delayed Payment Act
8. The Employees Provident Funds and Misc. Provisions Act, 1952
9. Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
10. Employers Liability Act, 1938
11. Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies)
Act, 1959
12. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
13. The Factories Act, 1948
14. The Industrial Disputes Act
15. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act,1946
16. The Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment
and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
17. Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns & Maintaining
Registers by Certain Extablishments) Act, 1988
18. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
19. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
20. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
21. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
22. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
23. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act,
1976
24. The Shops and Establishments Act, 1953
25. The Trade Union Act, 1926
26. Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
27. The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942
28. The Industrial Establishment Act
29. Employees Stock Option Act
30. Employees' State Insurance (General) Regulation
31. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
32. Environment Protection Act, 1998
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