Employment Laws in India

Paper Code: 
25GCL 332
Credits: 
04
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.

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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

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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