IV: Paper-I : Labour Law-II

Subject introduction

Labour Law - II: This course shifts the focus from collective labor relations to the remunerative, security, and welfare aspects of employment. It examines statutory mechanisms governing timely wage payments, minimum wages, bonus calculations, and comprehensive social security legislations—including the Employee's Compensation Act, Employees' State Insurance Act, Provident Fund provisions, maternity benefits, gratuity, and factory safety standards.

Syllabus

PAPER - I

LABOUR LAW - II

• Unit-I: The Remunerative Aspects - Wages: Concepts of wages (Minimum, Fair, Living Wages), Wage and Industrial Policies, Whitley Commission Recommendations, Provisions of Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (Timely payment of wages, Authorized deductions, Claims), Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Definitions, Types of wages, Minimum rates of wages, Procedure for fixing and revising Minimum Wages, Claims, Remedy).

• Unit-II: Bonus - Concept, Right to claim Bonus, Full Bench formula, Bonus Commission, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (Application, Computation of gross profit, available and allocable surplus, Eligibility of Bonus, Disqualification of Bonus, set on and set off of allocable surplus, Minimum and Maximum Bonus, Recovery of Bonus).

• Unit-III: Employees Security and Welfare aspect - Social Security (Concept and meaning, Social Insurance, Social Assistance schemes), Law relating to workmen's compensation - The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 (Definitions, Employer's liability for compensation, Nexus between injury and employment, payment of compensation, penalty for default), Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (Application, Benefits under the Act, Adjudication of disputes and claims, ESI Corporation).

• Unit-IV: Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (Contributions, Schemes under the Act, Benefits), The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Definitions, Application, Benefits), The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (Definitions, application, Nomination, Payment of gratuity, eligibility, forfeiture, Controlling authorities).

• Unit-V: The Factories Act, 1948 (Chapters dealing with Health, Safety and Welfare of Labour), Child Labour (Rights of child and the Indian Constitution, Salient features of the Child Labour [Prohibition and Regulation] Act, 1986), The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

• Suggested Readings:

  1. S.N. Misra, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Publication.

  2. V.G. Goswami, Labour and Industrial Laws, Central Law Agency.

  3. Khan & Khan, Labour Law, Asia Law House, Hyderabad.

  4. K.D. Srivastava, Payment of Bonus Act, Eastern Book Company.

  5. K.D. Srivastava, Payment of Wages Act.

  6. K.D. Srivastava, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1947.

  7. S.C. Srivastava, Treatise on Social Security.

  8. Sukumar Singh, Labour Economics, Deep & Deep, New Delhi.

  9. V.J. Rao, Factories Law.

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