Labour Laws

Savitribai Phule Pune University · LL.B. Semester 6 · LCC 1001

Unit 1 — Historical Background of Labour Legislations in India

1. First Industrial Revolution Second Industrial Revolution- its impact on labour movement & labour legislations. (Concurrent List) · 2. Constitutional Provisions- Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy. Legislative Relations between Central and State.

Historical reasons for the formation of combinations of workers, legal impediments
International Labour Organisation — its influence in bringing changes in national legislations

Unit 2 — Industrial Disputes- Theory and Provisions

1. Main features of the Industrial Disputes Act · 2. Important Definitions (Industry, Industrial Dispute, Wages, Dismissal deemed to be an Industrial Dispute. Authorities under the Act. · 3. Provisions regarding Strike, Lock-out, Lay-off and Retrenchment. Unfair labour practices.

Unit 3 — The Factories Act: 1948 Weapon of Security

1. Object and Scope of the Factories Act, Approval and Licensing. · 2. Important Definitions: Factory, Manufacturing Process, Occupier, Employer · 3. Weapon of Security: Health Safety and Welfare Provisions. · 4. Working Hours of Adults and Children , Annual Leave with Wages.

Unit 4 — The Employees Compensation Act: 1923

1. Object and Scope of the Act, Important Definitions · 2. Employers Liability for Compensation, Doctrine of Notional Extension and Doctrine of Added Peril. · 3. Landmark Judgements · 4. Exclusion of Employers Liability · 5. Distribution of Compensation.

Unit 5 — The Employees State Insurance Act:1923,

1. Object and Scope of the Act, Important Definitions · 2. ESI Act: A beneficial piece of Legislation · 3. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, ESI Fund · 4. Various Benefits, Adjudication of Disputes and Claims

Unit 6 — Laws Relating to Wages

1. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 - Object and Scope of the Act, Definition of Wages, Fixation and Revision of Minimum Wages, Theories of Wages. · 2. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Object and Scope of the Act, Concept of Payment of Wages, Various Deductions from Wages, Authorities under the Act. · 3. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946: · a) Model Standing Orders-Misconducts · b) Disciplinary Proceedings in Industries/Domestic Inquiry- Preliminary Enquiry, Charge-sheet, Procedure of Domestic Inquiry, Enquiry report and Punishment.