Labour Legislation

What are Labour Laws?

The term 'labour' means productive work especially physical work done for wages. Labour law 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.

Labour law is an area which signifies the relationship between a worker, government and the trade unions

They play an important role in protecting the rights of the Labour, their union, their wages and moreover a link between the
government and the workers

It is a protective code for the labours, workers, employees to make them aware of their rights and to establish a new standard of law

It focuses on labour relations, industrial relations and functions of trade union and providing adequate working conditions
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Change in method of production from man made to machine made- Industrial

Revolution

1498 Vasco De Gama discovered the sea route for India and various continents-
World Trade began- Demand started to increase-difficult for production to be
limited to man made-thus there was a need for machine made production
Reasons for Industrial Revolution

Reasons

Role of
Oxygen (Raw
Demand Capitalists Innovation
Material)
(private owners)
Britain became an epicenter Beginning of the textile sector

Salient Features
Revolution within revolution
(innovations that happened Change in Agricultural Pattern
under IR)
Impact of Industrial revolution

Capitalism

Communism
Mercantilism
and Socialism

Imperialism
Nationalism and
Colonialism

Industrial Revolution brough a big
change in the lifestyle of people
where the majority began to shift
from Agricultural lifestyle to
materialistic lifestyle.
The Law of Contract governed the
relationship between worker and
employer in an individual contact-
they were mostly verbal and used
in case of breaches leading to
prosecution and imprisonment of
workers
Capitalism began to grow-The
More working classes came into
golden rule of “Risk and Right” go
existence, more exploitation of
together with the concept of
the working class and the
“Hire and Fire” and other legal
employers wanted to get
concept were of Master and
maximum benefits
Servant relationship
Very long working hours,
State also did not interfere much
abysmally small wages, no safety
as the concept of “LAISSEZ FAIR
and welfare provisions and
STATE “ was being followed. (no
complete exploitation of the
interference)
workers.
LABOUR LEGISLATIONS

Labour Legislation refers to

all the laws of the
Government which have
been enacted to provide
social and economic security
of labours or workers
Labour Legislation- Purpose

To establish a To provide a Clear and

legal system framework consistent
that facilitates within which reminder and
productive employers guarantee of
relationship and workers fundamental
between can resolve rights and
employer and their issues labour rights
employee
FACTORS INFLUENCED LABOUR
LEGISLATION
Protects
interests of
women and Exploitative
children Industries
working in
factories

Uniform
Impact of labour laws
Contemporary
event world began to
war get
established

Provide
safety and Establishment
welfare of of ILO in 1919

workers
Objectives of Labour Legislation

Socio Economic
Progress-
Increased
productivity
benefits all

Occupation
Security- Job
Security

Improves
Economic
Working
Security
Conditions
 Economic Justice- Payment of equal
Social Justice-Poor people shall not be wages for same kind of work-working
exploited by the rich people-equal justice conditions before industrial revolution
for all was abysmal
Principles of Labour
Legislation
National Economy- Industrial Peace- International Conventions- establishment
Physical needs of workers that helps to of ILO saw many reforms- brought
increase productivity- increase in uniformity among the workers- minimum
prosperity standard of living shall be provided.