Labour Laws - Everybody Should Know

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Description
Law cannot standstill; it must change with the changing social concepts and values. We cannot allow the dead hand of the past to stifle the growth of the living present. If the bark that protects the tree fails to grow and expand along with the tree, it will either choke the tree or if it is a living tree, it will shed that bark and grow a new living bark for itself. Similarly, if the law fails to respond to the needs of changing society, then either it will stifle the growth of the society and choke its progress or if the society is vigorous enough, it will take away the law which sands in the way of its growth. Law must, therefore, constantly be on the move adapting itself to the fast changing society and not lag behind. It must shake off the inhibiting legacy of its colonial past and assume a dynamic role in the process of social transformation.
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Contents
1.     The Apprentices Act, 1961
2.     The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
3.     Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and
        Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
4.     The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
5.     The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
6.     The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923
7.     The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
8.     The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
9.     The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
10.   The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
11.   The Factories Act, 1948
12.   The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
13.   Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
14.   The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
15.   The Mines Act, 1952
16.   The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
17.   The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
18.   The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
19.   The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
22.   The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
21.   The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
22.   The Sexual Harassment Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
         Redressal) Act, 2013
23.    (Anti) Sexual Harassment Policy
24.    The Trade Unions Act, 1926
25.    Other Related Matters
Subject Index
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Author Details
H.L. Kumar, Advocate Supreme Court of India, Editor, Labour Law Reporter
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