Labour law

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Labour law (also known as labor law or employment law) mediates the relationship
between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government. Collective
labour law relates to the tripartite relationship between employee, employer and
union. Individual labour law concerns employees' rights at work also through the
contract for work. Employment standards are social norms (in some cases also
technical standards) for the minimum socially acceptable conditions under which
employees or contractors are allowed to work. Government agencies (such as the
former US Employment Standards Administration) enforce labour law (legislature,
regulatory, or judicial).
Operations
The company's petrochemical, refining, oil and gas-related operations form the core
of its business; other divisions of the company include cloth, retail business,
telecommunications and special economic zone (SEZ) development. In 2012�13, it
earned 76% of its revenue from refining, 19% from petrochemicals, 2% from oil & gas
and 3% from other segments.[39]

In July 2012, RIL informed that it was going to invest US$1 billion over the next
few years in its new aerospace division which will design, develop, manufacture,
equipment and components, including aircraft, engine, radars, avionics and
accessories for military and civilian aircraft, helicopters, unmanned airborne
vehicles and aerostats.[48]

Major subsidiaries and associates

On 31 March 2013, the company had 158 subsidiary companies and 7 associate
companies.[49]

Reliance Retail is the retail business wing of the Reliance Industries. In March
2013, it had 1466 stores in India.[50] It is the largest retailer in India.[51]
Many brands like Reliance Fresh, Reliance Footprint, Reliance Time Out, Reliance
Digital, Reliance Wellness, Reliance Trends, Reliance Autozone, Reliance Super,
Reliance Mart, Reliance iStore, Reliance Home Kitchens, Reliance Market (Cash n
Carry) and Reliance Jewel come under the Reliance Retail brand. Its annual revenue
for the financial year 2012�13 was ?108 billion (US$1.5 billion) with an EBITDA
of ?780 million (US$11 million).[39][52]
Reliance Life Sciences works around medical, plant and industrial biotechnology
opportunities. It specializes in manufacturing, branding, and marketing Reliance
Industries' products in bio-pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, clinical research
services, regenerative medicine, molecular medicine, novel therapeutics, biofuels,
plant biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology sectors of the medical business
industry.[53][54]
Reliance Institute of Life Sciences (RILS), established by Dhirubhai Ambani
Foundation, is an institution offering higher education in various fields of life
sciences and related technologies.[55][56]
Reliance Logistics is a single-window[clarification needed] company selling
transportation, distribution, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain-related
products.[57][58][59] Reliance Logistics is an asset based company with its own
fleet and infrastructure.[60] It provides logistics services to Reliance group
companies and outsiders.[61] Merged content from Reliance Logistics to here. See
Talk:Reliance Industries/Archives/2013#Merge proposals.
Reliance Clinical Research Services (RCRS), a contract research organisation (CRO)
and wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Life Sciences, specialises in the clinical
research services industry. Its clients are primarily pharmaceutical, biotechnology
and medical device companies.[62]
Reliance Solar, the solar energy subsidiary of Reliance, was established to produce
and retail solar energy systems primarily to remote and rural areas. It offers a
range of products based on solar energy: solar lanterns, home lighting systems,
street lighting systems, water purification systems, refrigeration systems and
solar air conditioners.[63] Merged content from Reliance Solar to here. See
Talk:Reliance Industries/Archives/2013#Merge proposals.
Relicord is a cord blood banking service owned by Reliance Life Sciences. It was
established in 2002.[64] It has been inspected and accredited by AABB,[65] and also
has been accorded a licence by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Government of
India.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) previously known as Infotel Broadband, is a
broadband service provider which gained 4G licences for operating across India.
[66] [67][68]
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited (RIIL) is an associate company of RIL.
RIL holds 45.43% of total shares of RIIL.[39] It was incorporated in September 1988
as Chembur Patalganga Pipelines Limited, with the main objective being to build and
operate cross-country pipelines for transporting petroleum products. The company's
name was subsequently changed to CPPL Limited in September 1992, and thereafter to
its present name, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited, in March 1994.[69]
RIIL is mainly engaged in the business of setting up and operating industrial
infrastructure. The company is also engaged in related activities involving leasing
and providing services connected with computer software and data processing.[70]
The company set up a 200-millimetre diameter twin pipeline system that connects the
Bharat Petroleum refinery at Mahul, Maharashtra, to Reliance's petrochemical
complex at Patalganga, Maharashtra. The pipeline carries petroleum products
including naphtha and kerosene. It has commissioned facilities like the supervisory
control and data acquisition system and the cathodic protection system, a jackwell
at River Tapi, and a raw water pipeline system at Hazira. The infrastructure
company constructed a 71,000 kilo-litre petrochemical product storage and
distribution terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Area in
Maharashtra.[citation needed]
LYF, a 4G-enabled VoLTE device brand from Reliance Retail.[71]
Network 18, a mass media company. It has interests in television, digital
platforms, publication, mobile apps, and films. It also operates two joint
ventures, namely Viacom 18 and History TV18 with Viacom and A+E Networks
respectively. It also have acquired ETV Network and since renamed its channels
under the Colors TV brand.
Reliance Eros Productions LLP, joint venture with Eros International to produce
film content in India.[72]
Jio Platforms Limited, essentially a technology company, is a majority-owned
subsidiary of RIL. It is the result of a corporate restructuring announced in
October 2019, resulting in all the digital initiatives and the telecommunication
assets being housed under this new subsidiary.[73] This new subsidiary holds all
the digital business assets including Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, which in turn
holds the Jio connectivity business - Mobile, broadband and enterprise and also the
other digital assets (JIO Apps, Tech backbone and Investments in other tech
entities like Haptic, Hathaway and Den Networks among others.[74] In April 2020,
RIL announced a strategic investment of ?43,574 crore (US$6.1 billion) by Facebook
into Jio Platforms. This investment translated into a 9.99% equity stake, on a
fully diluted basis.[75] Further in May 2020, RIL sold roughly 1.15% stake in Jio
Platforms for ?5,656 crore (US$790 million) to the American private equity
investor, Silver Lake Partners.[76]See Talk:Reliance Industries Limited#Jio
Platforms Limited added as a new subsidiary

Contents
1 History
1.1 Child labour
1.2 Working conditions
2 Individual labour law
2.1 Employment terms
2.2 Minimum wage
2.3 Living wage
2.4 Hours
2.5 Health and safety
2.6 Discrimination
2.7 Dismissal
2.8 Child labour
3 Collective labour law
3.1 Trade unions
3.2 Workplace participation
3.3 Information and consultation
3.4 Collective bargaining
3.5 Collective action
4 International labour law
4.1 International Labour Organization
4.2 Work in multiple countries
4.3 EU law
5 National labour laws
5.1 Australia
5.2 Canada
5.3 China
5.4 France
5.5 India
5.6 Iran
5.7 Israel
5.8 Japan
5.9 Mexico
5.10 Sweden
5.11 Switzerland
5.12 United Kingdom
5.13 United States
5.14 Halakhah (Jewish religious law)
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links