Enforcement of The Labour Laws

Enforcement of The Labour Laws

The enforcement of the provisions of various Labour laws has been prescribed under provisions of the relevant Acts and is secured through the officers of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) in the Central Sphere, and through the State enforcement machinery in the State Sphere.   Some of the labour enactments are also enforced by the Employees State Insurance Corporation and Employees Provident Fund Organization. 

The officers of these machineries conduct regular inspections of establishments under their jurisdiction and in the event of detection of any case of violations of the provisions of the labourenactments, show cause notice is issued to the erring employer with a direction to rectify the irregularity within a stipulated period. In case of non-compliance of such directions, there are the provisions of prosecutions in the Acts against the defaulting employers.  In addition, special inspection drives are also undertaken for ensuring effective implementation of these Acts.

The information regarding inspections conducted, prosecutions launched, claim case filed and decided and amount awarded under Minimum Wages Act and Payment of Bonus Act in Central Sphere is as follows:

Minimum Wages Act

Payment of Bonus Act

In regard to Employees Provident Fund, over 80 complaints alleging Provident Fund evasion have been received during 2007-2010 by Vigilance Wing of Employees Provident Fund Organisation.

To stop negligence on the part of Insurance Inspector/Social Security Officers, a system of re-inspection of the units has been adopted by the Employees State Insurance Corporation and a project for computerization for achieving transparency in all it’s activities has also been initiated. 

Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of Labour and Employment gave this information    in  reply to a question in  the Lok  Sabha today.