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LABOUR LAWS - I
LECTURE DETAILS
SEMESTER IVth
COURSE CREDIT 3
MAXIMUM MARKS 100
TEACHING HOURS 50 HOURS
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION ENGLISH
Labour and Industrial laws, also known as employment law, is the body of laws,
administrative rulings, and precedents which address the legal rights of, and restrictions on,
working people and their organizations. As such, it mediates many aspects of the relationship
between trade unions, employers, and employees. In other words, Labour laws define the
rights and obligations as workers, union members and employers in the workplace.
The fundamental objectives of the course are to develop the ability of students to:
Understand basic Labour & Industrial laws, rules, and concepts.
Identify Labour & Industrial Laws issues in concrete fact situations.
Apply Labour & Industrial Laws rules and concepts in concrete fact situations.
Think critically about and evaluate Labour & Industrial Laws doctrines.
Critical analysis of law and practice of Industrial Tribunals and other Quasi-Judicial
Authorities under Labour & Industrial Laws.
Teaching Methodologies
Concept of Social Security, Applicability, Definitions under the Code, Social Security
Organisations - Employees State Insurance Corporation, Board of Trustees of Employees’
Provident Fund, National Social Security Board , Unorganised Workers’ Board, State
Building Workers’ Welfare Board, their roles and functions, Social Security Organisations
their roles and functions, Provident Fund Commissioner, Schemes under Provident Fund,
Employees State Insurance Corporation, Employees State Insurance Fund, Contributions,
Benefits- Sickness Benefits, Maternity Benefits, Dependants’ Benefit,Medical Benefit,
Funeral Expenses, Power and Roles of Employees State Insurance Corporation, Accidents
arising out of employment, Occupational Diseases, Medical Board,Scheme
forotherbeneficiaries, Schemes forunorganisedworkers, gigworkers andplatformworkers,
Exemption offactoriesorotherestablishmentsbelonging toGovernmentor any
localauthority.Contributions,etc., Employees’InsuranceCourt, Payment of
Gratuity,Competent Authority, Maternity Benefit- Cash benefits and Non- Cash benefits,
Forfeiture of Maternity Benefit, Duties ofemployer, Power and role ofInspectorcum-
Facilitator , Employees Compensation, Liability of Employer, Amount of Compensation,
Distribution of Compensation, Competent Authority- their power and role, Appeal against
order of Competent Authority, Social Security and cess in respect of building and other
construction workers, Registrationof buildingworkers asbeneficiaries, Cessation as
abeneficiary, Building andOtherConstructionWorkers’Welfare Fundand itsapplication, social
security for unorganised workers, gig workers and platform workers, Framing ofschemes
forunorganisedworkers, Registrationof unorganisedworkers, gigworkers andplatformworkers,
Appointmentof Inspectorcum-Facilitators andtheir powers, Offences and Penalties.
The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 – Historical Perspective, ILO and Bonded
Labour, Our Constitution and Bonded Labour, Article 23, Scope and Object of the Act,
Abolition of Bonded Labour System, Implementing Authorities, Role of Supreme Court,
National Human Right Commission, Vigilance Committee, Offences and Procedure of Trial.
Statutory References
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