Overview of Labor Laws
Broadly, labor laws can be divided into five categories:
1. Working Conditions
2. Industrial Relations
3. Social Security Measures
4. Wages & Salary Administration
5. Miscellaneous
Working Conditions
Under Working Conditions, there are laws such as:
- Factories Act, 1948
- Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
- Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1979
- Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Condition of Service) Act, 1996
- Etc.
Industrial Relations
Under Industrial Relations, there are laws like:
- Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
- Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
- Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985
- Etc.
Social Security Measures
Under Social Security Measures, there are laws such as:
- Employees' Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
- Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
- Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
- Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
- Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
- Etc.
Wages & Salary Administration
Under Wages & Salary Administration, the laws include:
- Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
- Payment of Wages Act, 1936
- Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- Etc.
Miscellaneous
Under Miscellaneous, the laws are:
- Trade Union Act, 1926
- Apprentices Act, 1961
- Etc.
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