Employment Laws in India

Paper Code: 
24GCL 332
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to understand various employment laws regarding working conditions, wages, social security, dispute handling, etc.

Course Outcomes (COs):

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Course outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

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24GCL332

 

Employment Laws in  India (Theory)

CO43: Discuss the important definitions and provisions regarding health, safety, welfare and working hours of workers under the Factories Act, 1948.

CO44: Understand key definitions and provisions for setting and updating Minimum Wages according to The Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

CO45: Discuss the important definitions and provisions of eligibility, calculation and forfeiture of gratuity as under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.

CO46: Assess the important schemes and provisions under The Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.

CO47: Evaluate procedures of handling Employee Relations as per Industrial Dispute Act, 1948.

CO48: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 

Approach in teaching: Class room Lecture (Theory/ Using Power Point Presentation) , Discussions using Leading Case laws.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Reading assignment, Role Play activities, Group Discussions, Class presentation 

 

Class participation, assignments and presentations, Annual End Exams.

 

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Factories Act, 1948
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 
  1. Awasthi, S.K., Labour Laws, Delhi Law House, New Delhi
  2. Mamoria, C.B., Mamoria, Satish and Gankar, S.V., Dynamics of Industrial Relations, Himalaya Publishing House, Mumbai.

 

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

e-Resources:

  1. https://labour.gov.in/industrial-safety-health
  2. https://labour.gov.in/social-security
  3. https://labour.gov.in/wages

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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