Law on Agricultural Labor
Guru Nanak Dev University · LL.B. Semester 6
Unit I
Agricultural Labour Relations · Agricultural labourer - the concept · Early stages - the traditional ties between the landlord and the workers · Non-exploitative fair relation: the feudal hegemony, share in products as wages, wages in kind, · benefits in addition to wages, participation in festive occasion, and grievance/redressal at · landlord's residence · Exploitation of labour by the landlord · Longer hours of work and lower wages: statutory regulation · Bonded labour · Indebtedness · Tribal labour in forest settlements · Migrant agricultural labour
Unit II
Trade Unionism and Collective Bargaining among Agricultural Labour · Unorganized nature · Seasonal character · Political movements · State, regional and macro-regional disparities in collective bargaining, organization and · remuneration · Industrial Labour Norms in the Agricultural Labour Area · Problem: multi employer - employment situation · Workmen's compensation · Minimum wages
Unit III
Labour Welfare · Need for state initiative and support · Assessment of existing measures: statutory and non-statutory · Agrarian reform as agricultural labour protection measure: land to the tiller doctrine · Environmental impact of distribution of forest land among agricultural labourers · Futuristic perspectives
Unit IV
Dispute Settlement Mechanism · Practices: settlements · Statutory measures: conciliation, adjudication · Comparative study of state practices and laws