EMPLOYMENT LAWS IN INDIA

Paper Code: 
GCL 332
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00

 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

 Minimum Wages Act, 1948                                                                         

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

 

12.00

 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

 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

 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: 

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: 

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • 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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