Labour Laws

Employment laws—introduced in response to market failures including worker exploitation, discrimination in hiring and working policies, and unfair dismissal practices—are vital to worker well-being. At the same timeTime Where any expression of it occurs in any Rules, or any judgment, order or direction, and whenever the doing or not doing of anything at a certain time of the day or night or during a certain part of the day or night has an effect in law, that time is, unless it is otherwise specifically stated, held to be standard time as used in a particular country or state. (In Physics, time and Space never exist actually-“quantum entanglement”), firms should also be free to conduct their business in the most efficient way possible. When labor regulation is too cumbersome for the private sector, economies experience higher unemployment—most pronounced among youth and female workers. With fewer formal job opportunities, workers turn to the informal sector. Flexible labor regulation provides workers with the opportunity to choose their jobs and working hours more freely, which in turn increases labor force participation.

Although labor laws provide essential protections to workers, firms should not have to confront overly burdensome regulation. By changing restrictive labor regulation, economies could better adjust to fast-changing market conditions and dynamic work environments, generating positive outcomes that include smaller informal sectors, increased employment, and higher growth. Reinstating the option of fixed-term contracts would boost youth employment. Similarly, miscalculated changes to the minimum wage could lead to a decline in employment. Easing redundancy procedures facilitates businesses in allocating resources more efficiently, while revising legal restrictions on nonstandard working hours allows both employers and employees to maintain competitiveness. [World Bank Doing-Business-2020]

• An employee engaged for the same work, cannot be paid less than another, who performs the same duties and responsibilities. - 02-01-2017-YASH PAL KEYWORDS:-Temporary workers-Minimum wages IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIAIndia Bharat Varsha (Jambu Dvipa)...
• ASIT BARAN MODAK V. PRESIDING OFFICER LABOUR COURT, DEOGHAR AND ANOTHER-10/01/2008 - The Satsangh is a religious, social, charitable organization, which is established to propagate the teaching of the Guru. There is no business activity or trade activity. The Memorandum of Association and other documents would show that Satsangh is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act and the object of the Satsangh which is a public religious and charitable institution is to help and serve the society at large without discrimination on the principles of Shri Anukul Chandra, the Guru.
• Bidi, Bidi Leaves and Tobacco Merchants’ Association, Gondia Appellant Versus State of Bombay[SC 1961 November] - Keywords :- Doctrine of implied Power , Doctrine of Enabling Act AIR 1962 SC 486...
• Code on Wages Act 2019 - An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (1) The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (21 of 1965) and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976) are hereby repealed.
• Dock worker” - Dock worker:  means a person employed or to be employed in, or in the vicinity...
• Fair wages - In December 1947 there was an Industries Conference with representatives of the Government of IndiaIndia...
• Functions of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) in India - Keywords:- Labour Commissioner Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) CLC(C) is entrusted with the following functions. 1.Prevention...
• Hindustan Tin Works Pvt. Ltd Versus The Employees of M/s. Hindustan Tin Works Pvt. Ltd. - 07-09-1978 Industrial Disputes Act, 1947-from being a factor of production the labour has become a...
• Kerala Private Hospital Association Vs. State of Kerala & Ors[SC 2017] - November 09, 2017 •KEYWORDS:- Nominated Person-fixing minimum wages- •A person, who is nominated to represent...
• LS passed Industrial Relations Code, Occupational Safety Health & Working Conditions Code, & Social Security Code 2020 - Labour Codes will Establish transparent, answerable and simple mechanism reducing to one registration, one license and one return for all codes- Inspector to be now made as Inspector – cum- Facilitator and introduction of Random, Web Based Inspection System to remove Inspector Raj
• Minimum Wage in West Bengal - w.e.f July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 Name of the     Scheduled Employments...
• Minimum wages-Government of Netherlands - Minimum wage as of 1 July 2019 Per month, week and day Gross minimum wage...
• Municipal Corporation of Delhi Versus Female Workers (Muster Roll) and another[ALL SC 2000 MARCH] - KEYWORDS:- iNDUSTRIAL DISPUTE – MUNICIPALITY WHETHER INDUSTRY-MATERNITY BENEFIT-CASUAL WORKERS-   DATE:-08-03-2000- AIR 2000 SC 1274...
• National Kamgar Union Vs. Kran Rader Pvt. Ltd. Ors[SC 2018 JANUARY] - KEYWORDS:- INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE-ARTICLE 227- ARTICLE 136- It is the duty of the High Court while...
• Rajasthan State Roadways Transport Corporation Vs. Paramjeet Singh – 03/05/19 - LABOUR LAW- The nature of the appointment was purely contractual for a period of one year or until the shortage of drivers was met, whichever was earlier. Moreover, the contractContract An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void. Indian Contract Act. stipulates that the services of the respondent could be dispensed with without any notice.  The terms of the appointment indicate that the respondent was on a purely contractual appointment and that the services could be dispensed with without notice at any stage.
• Regularization of Temporary Contractual Employees worked for 10 years in the West Bengal - Government of West Bengal Finance Department Audit Branch No. 9008-F(P), dated 16.09.2011 MEMORANDUM In order...
• Revised Remuneration for Casual and Daily Rated Contractual Workers in West Bengal - Government of West Bengal Finance (Audit) Department Nabanna, Mandirtala, HowrahHowrah From Haroya or Haor. Old...
• Scheduled Employment in West Bengal for Minimum Wages - The-West-Bengal-Minimum-Wages-Notification-1st-July-2019
• Speech on Labourers Acts by Daniel Desmond Sheehan in House of commons-1901 - First major speech delivered by D. D. Sheehan MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, concerning the inadequate provisions for housing of Irish labourers and fishermen under the existing Labourers Acts, during the Service Estimates debate on 8 August 1901.
• The Building and other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996 - "building worker" means a person who is employed to do any skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be expressed or implied, in connection with any building or other construction work
• The Director, Steel Authority of India Ltd. Vs. Ispat Khandan Janta Mazdoor Union-05/07/19 - where the contract was to supply of labour and necessary labour was supplied by the contractor who worked under the directions, supervision and control of the principal employer, that in itself will not in any manner construe the contract entered between the contractor and contract labour to be sham and bogus per se.
• The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - (11 OF 1948) [15th March, 1948] An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of...
• To entitle the workmen to wages for strike period, the strike has to be held legally justified (SC-12/04/2001) - In the Constitution Bench decision, the Court has observed that to entitle the workmen to the wages for the strike period, the strike has to be held both legal and justified and whether the strike is legal or justified are questions of fact to be decided on the evidenceEvidence All the means by which a matter of fact, the truth of which is submitted for investigation, is established or disproved. Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Adhiniyam 2023 on record. Applying the same to the facts of the present case, the order of transfer having been held by us to be valid and the employee having not obeyed the same, and not having discharged the duties, but yet continuing in service, how the period should be dealt with, will depend upon the relevant Rules and Regulations of the Bank.
• Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (earlier known as U.P.S.R.T.C.) & Ors. Vs. Sukhveer Singh [SC 2017] - SERVICE-INQUIRY REPORT KEYWORDS: award of the labour court We are in agreementContract An agreementContract An agreement enforceable by law is a contract. All agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract, for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object, and are not hereby expressly declared to be void. Indian Contract Act. enforceable by...
• Wages minimum - wages– Means all remuneration, capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the...