EMPLOYMENT LAWS IN INDIA

Paper Code: 
GCL 332
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 

Factories Act, 1948:                                                                                     

  • Objective, Scope
  • Definitions ( Adult, Child, Adolescent, Young Person, Day, Week, Power, Factory, manufacturing process, hazardous process)
  • Provisions relating to Approval, Licensing & Registration of Factories
  • Health Measures, Safety Measures, Welfare Measures
  • Provisions relating to Working Hours

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Minimum Wages Act, 1948                                                                           

  • Objective, Scope
  • Definitions (Appropriate Government, Employee, Employer, Wages)
  • Fixation and Revision of Minimum Wages – Manner, Procedure, Time Duration

 

12.00
Unit III: 

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972                                                                     

  • Objective, Scope
  • Definitions (Appropriate Government, Employee, Continuous Service, Retirement, Superannuation, Wages, Family)
  • Calculation of Gratuity
  • Payment of gratuity
  • Forfeiture of gratuity

 

12.00
Unit IV: 

The Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

 

  • Objective, Scope
  • Definitions(Appropriate Government, Basic Wages)
  • Schemes under the Act –Employees’ Provident Fund Schemes, 1952; Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995 and Employees’ Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976

 

12.00
Unit V: 

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947                                                                     

  • Definition
  • Authorities for the settlement of disputes,
  • Methods of settlement, collective bargaining, conciliation, arbitration and adjudication
  • Strikes and lockouts, lay off and retrenchment, change of service conditions.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Awasthi, S.K., Labour Laws, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  • Mamoria, C.B., Mamoria, Satish and Gankar, S.V., Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.

 

References: 
  • Nabhi, Labour Laws One should know, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  • Monappa, Arun, Industrial Relations, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Ltd., New Delhi
  • Kataria, O.P., Labour Law, Delhi Law House, New Delhi

 

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