Labour and Industrial Laws-II

Unit I — Introduction

Constitutional Provisions on Labour Legislations: Historical Background; Labour legislations and relevant Constitutional provisions -Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Distribution of legislative powers

Unit II — Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

The Factories Act, 1948, Objectives, Basic Definitions, Health, Safety and Welfare Measures, Working Hours of Adults and Employment of Young Persons and Women, Leaves Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970; Objects and Reasons, Registration of establishments, Licensing of Contractors, Welfare and Health of Contract Labour, Penalties and Procedures.

• CONDITIONS CODE, 2020
• Concept — definitions, registrations and Duties of Employer and Employee
• Occupational Safety, Health and working conditions
• Contract Labour
• Factories and Plantation

Unit III — Code on Wages, 2019

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 Objects, Definition of Wages, Payment of wages, Deductions from Wages, Authorities.

• Minimum Wages and Payment of Wages

Unit IV — Code on Social Security, 2020

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Objects, Definition of Wages, Fixation and Revision of Minimum Wages, Wage Theories.

• Minimum Wages and Payment of Wages

Unit V — Code on Social Security, 2020

The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 · Objects and Reasons, Definitions, Employer's Liability for Compensation, Amount of Compensation, Doctrine of Notional Extension and Doctrine of Added Peril.

• Concept — Employee, Employer, Dependent, Disablement and its kinds
• Employer's Liability for Compensation — Conditions & Exceptions

Unit VI — Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

Object and Reasons, Definitions, Employment of, or work by, women prohibited during certain periods, right to payment of maternity benefit, Facilities to be provided at, · workplaces, Appointment of authorities.

• Maternity Benefit
• Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and Factories Act, 1948

Unit VII — Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013

Objects and Reasons, Definitions, Prevention of harassment, Duties of the Employer, Procedure to be followed when a complaint is received, Powers and Duties of Appropriate Government

• Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013

Unit VIII — Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation

Act, 2013 · Objects and Reasons, Definitions, Appointment of Authorities and Power of Authorities, Prohibition of insanitary latrines and employment and engagement of manual, scavengers, Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavengers by a Municipality, Monitoring Committees and their functions, National Commission for Safai Karmachari.