Labour and Industrial Law – II
Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya · LL.B. Semester 5 · LAW-CC-511
Unit I — Unit I (untitled in print)
Legislations affecting conditions of work:- · The Contract Labour ( Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 · Historical background of the Act · Definition: Contractor, Workmen, Principal employer, · Registration of establishment employing contract labour · Provisions relating to welfare and health of contract labour · Penalties · The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 · Historical background of the Act · Definitions: Bonded Lobour, Bonded Labour System and nominal wages · Abolition of bonded labour system · Implementing Authorities · Offences and Procedure for trial
Unit II — Unit II (untitled in print)
Social Security and welfare Legislations:- · The Payment of the Gratuity Act,1972 · Historical Background of the Act · Necessity of Payment of Gratuity Act · Salient features of the Act. · Continuous Service · Provision relating to payment of gratuity · Determination of the amount of gratuity · Nomination and recovery of gratuity · Penalties and all Sections of the Act.
Unit III — Unit III (untitled in print)
The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923. · Historical background of the Act. · Definitions: dependant, workman, partial disablement and total disablement · Employer’s liability for compensation · Scope of arising out of and in the course of employment · Doctrine of notional extension · When employer is not liable · Amount of compensation · Distribution of Compensation · Procedure in proceedings before Commissioner · Appeals and all other Sections of the Act.
Unit IV — Unit IV (untitled in print)
The Employee’s State Insurance Act, 1948. · Object of the Act · Definitions: Dependant, Family, Factory, Insured Person. · Corporation, Standing Committee and Medical Benefit Council · Provision relating to benefits · Adjudication of disputes and claims · Penalties and all Sections of the Act.
Unit V — Unit V (untitled in print)
Employee’s Provident funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. · Object of the Act. · Authorities under the Act. · Schemes under the Act. · Adjudication of disputes under the Act. · Penalties and all Sections of the Act. · The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 · Object and Scope of the Act · Definitions: maternity benefit, employer, wages and women · Right to Payment of maternity benefit · All Sections of the Act. · An overview of the four codes under the new Labour Laws – The Code on Wages, 2019, The Industrial Relations Code 2020, The Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020. (Related / Relevant to the Syllabus)