OBJECTIVES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION

 Protect workers from exploitation

 Strengthen Industrial Relations
 Provide machinery for settling industrial
disputes
 Social Security & Welfare of Workers
 Regulate conditions of work of industrial
establishment
 Define legal rights & obligations of employees
& employers.
BROAD CATEGORIES OF VARIOUS ACTS

1. Protective & Employment Legislation

2. Social Security Legislation
3. Regulatory legislation
BROAD CATEGORIES OF VARIOUS ACTS
(contd..)
1. Protective & Employment Legislation
 Factory Act
 Payment of Wages Act
 Minimum Wages Act
 Payment of Bonus Act
 Equal Remuneration Act
 Employment Exchange Act
 Apprentice Act
BROAD CATEGORIES OF VARIOUS ACTS
(contd..)
2. Social Security Legislation
 ESI Act
 PF Act
 Payment of Gratuity Act
 Workmen Compensation Act
 Maternity Benefit Act
BROAD CATEGORIES OF VARIOUS ACTS
(contd..)
3. Regulatory legislation
 Industrial Disputes Act
 Industrial Employment (Standing
Orders) Act
 Trade Union Act

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