List of Labour Laws in India

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The List of Labor Laws in India are-

1 Laws relating to Industrial  law compliance are,


Trade Unions Act, 1926
Industrial Employment Standing Order Act, 1946
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
2 Law relating to Wages is,

Payment of Wages Act, 1936


Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
3 Laws relating to working hours, conditions of service and employment are,

Factories Act, 1948


Contract  Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970
Interstate migrant workmen (regulation and employment and conditions of service)
Act, 1979
Building and other construction workers (Regulation of employment and conditions
of service) Act, 1996
Building and other construction workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996
Industrial employment (standing orders), Act, 1946
Private security agencies (regulation) Act, 2005
4 Laws relating to Equity and Empowerment of Women are:
Maternity Benefits Act, 1961
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
5 Laws relating to Prohibitive Labour Laws are:
Bonded Labor system (Abolition) Act, 1976
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
The Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013
6 Laws relating to Employment and Training
Apprentices Act, 1961
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
7 Laws relating to social security are:
Employee's Compensation Act, 1923
Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952
Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
Employers Liability Act, 1938
Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
Personal Injuries (compensation insurance) Act, 1963
Personal Injuries (Emergency provisions) Act, 1962

Unorganized workers social securities Act, 2008

8 The Gujarat State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employment Act, 1976
9 The Gujarat Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953
Objective of the Acts

employment of workers, prevent retrenchment, lay off or


lock-outs.
factories, Controlled
and working application of “fireâ€
relationship. To ensureor dismissal
that the
employee
machinery and procedure for the investigationthe
recognises the terms and conditions of and
settlement of industrial disputes by negotiations. An Act
to make provision for the investigation and settlement of
workers employed in industry without any wrongful
deductions apart from what is mentioned in the Act. Define
regulations
To promotearound fixing of
the welfare of wage
workersperiod, time and
by fixing mode of
minimum
payment of wages. Regulates the rights of the workers
rates of wages in certain industries where labour is not
To empower
organised andthe employees
sweated labourtois get
mosta prevalent.
share from the
organisation's profit for the hard work.

premises. The Factories Act promotes health & welfare of


theprevent
To workers employed
exploitation in factories
of contract asand
labour well
alsoastoprevents
introduce better
conditions of work.
To regulate the employment of inter-State migrant
workmen and to provide for their conditions of service
To
andregulate the employment
for matters connected and conditions of service of
therewith.
building and other construction workers and to provide
for their safety, health and welfare measures and for
of building
other matters andconnected
other construction
therewith workers and to
or incidental thereto.
provide for their safety, health and
To provide regular standing orders for workers,welfare measure and
Agencies so that they operate
factories, and working relationship. within a legal framework
and are accountable to a regulatory mechanism. ... To
ensure due care for verifying the antecedents of the
personnel employed as private security guards and
certain establishments; (2) to regulate the employment of
and
womenwomen workers
workers andestablishments
in such for the prevention of
for certain period
discrimination, on the ground of sex, against women in the
matter of employment and for matters connected therewith
with a view to preventing the economic and physical
certain hazardous
exploitation of the Occupations
weaker sections andof Processes
the people asand
well
as regulating the conditions of services
To provide protection against sexual harassment of of such
children
women atengaged
workplace in non-hazardous Occupations
and for the prevention and and
redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for
matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
in various trades. The objective is promotion of new
To provide
skilled for compulsory
manpower. notification
The scheme of extended
is also vacanciestoto the
Employment Exchanges and for the rendition of returns
relating to Employment situation by the employers.
dependents through compensation in case of any
accidental injury occursand
maternity, disablement during employment which
for providing medical
workers. The Act mainly provides
benefits to employees of factories retirement or old age
and establishments,
benefits, such as Provident Fund, Superannuation Pension,
retirement
Invalidation for
Pen- the recognition
sion, of continuous,
Family Pension and Deposit-Linked
meritorious services and sincere efforts by the
of injuries sustained by workmen. This law was enacted
To provide compensation
to safeguard to for
the interests and families for loss of workmen
the protection
occasioned by the death of a person caused
To impose on employers a liability to pay compensationby
actionable
to
Toworkmen wrong.
sustaining
make provision personal
for the grant of injuries and
relief in to provide
respect of
for the insurance
certain of employers
personal injuries sustainedagainst such
during theliability.
period of
the emergency.
To provide life and disability cover, health and maternity
benefits, old age protection and any other benefit

The object of levying tax on professions, trades, callings and employments.


to provide for the constitution of a Fund for the financing of activities to promote the welfare of lab
Manpower

100

300

1000 in a state
20

10 with power supply & 20 without power supply


20

5 migrant workers

10

10 (or Rs.1000000 on cost to project)


100

10

30
25

10
20
10
less than 10

allings and employments.


e financing of activities to promote the welfare of labour in Gujarat for conducting such activities  and for certa
10 with power supply & 20 without power supply
50

10

10 (or Rs.1000000 on cost to project)

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e of labour in Gujarat for conducting such activities  and for certain other purposes.

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