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The document outlines various labour laws in India, categorizing them into Industrial Relations, Wages, Social Security, Working Conditions, Women's Empowerment, Prohibitive Laws, and Employment and Training. Key legislations include the Industrial Disputes Act, Payment of Wages Act, Employees' Provident Funds Act, and the Child Labour Prohibition Act. These laws aim to protect workers' rights, ensure fair wages, and promote safe working conditions.

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Introduction_Labour_Laws

The document outlines various labour laws in India, categorizing them into Industrial Relations, Wages, Social Security, Working Conditions, Women's Empowerment, Prohibitive Laws, and Employment and Training. Key legislations include the Industrial Disputes Act, Payment of Wages Act, Employees' Provident Funds Act, and the Child Labour Prohibition Act. These laws aim to protect workers' rights, ensure fair wages, and promote safe working conditions.

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SUMMARY OF VARIOUS LABOUR LAWS IN INDIA

The various labour legislations enacted by the Central Government can be classified into the
following different broad categories:
A. Laws relating to Industrial Relations-
1. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
2. Trade Unions Act, 1926

B. Laws relating to Wages


1. Payment of Wages Act, 1936: Ensures timely right salary after permissible deduction to
the employees.
2. Minimum Wages Act, 1948: safeguard the workers to get minimum wages from their
respective employers at the prevailing price index
3. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

4. Equal Remuneration Act, 1975

C. Laws relating to Social Security


1. Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: pension and family
benefits
2. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948: Insurance coverage for various contengencies, and
death benefits
3. Labour Welfare Fund Act (of respective States)
4. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: reward for long service
5. Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923: periodic payment for medical care and loss of
earning capacity
6. Maternity Benefit Act: medical care before and after delivery of the child.

D. Laws relating to Working Hours, Conditions of Services and Employment


1. Factories Act, 1948: provide security to workers against health, cleanliness, safety good
working condition and employment of women and children.
2. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
3. Shops and Commercial Establishments Act (of respective States)
4. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
5. Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment & Conditions Service) Act,
1979
6. Weekly Holiday Act, 1942
7. National and Festival Holidays Act (of respective States) 1963
8. The Plantation Labour Act, 1951
9. The Mines Act, 1952
10. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act, 1986

E. Laws relating to Equality and Empowerment of Women


1. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
2. Maternity Benefits Act, 1961

F. Prohibitive Labour Laws


1. Bonded Labour System (Abolition), Act, 1976
2. Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
3. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
4. The Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,
2013
G. Laws relating to Employment and Training
1. Apprentices Act, 1961
2. Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

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