labour service law

Impact of Recent Judgments on LabourPresentation by Adv. Prem Krishan Sharma[“Has the judiciary turned its back on the poor?” A Seminar, 4th Nov 2006, NewDelhi]After independence, the concept of social justice was introduced and the labour law developed more as a judgment law. There were various laws but with the intervention of ju..

Contract Labour Law in India - An Overview G. P. Sahi Published on 7th November 2004 Introduction: The main objective of the Contract labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act,1970 was to abolish the system of contract labour wherever possible and practicable, regulate the working conditions of the contract labour so as to place it at par with labour employed directly, ensure timely payment ..

PARADOXES TO BE RESOLVED –– PROVIDENT FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS –– P R Swarup, Director General, CIDC Providing Social Security to the citizens, specially to those, who contribute to the growth and development of the National Economy, is one of the major responsibilities of the State, and enactment of the Employees Provident Fund Act of 1952, by the Govt. of India was a positive step..

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Government reduces number of forms and Reports from 36 to 12 to lessen costs and compliance burden of various establishments  The Government has undertaken an exercise to promote ease of compliance of Labour Laws and Rules by various establishments. The “Rationalisation of Forms and Report..

Government is implementing the National Child Labour Project (NCLP) Scheme for rehabilitation of child labour since 1988. At present, the Scheme is sanctioned in 280 Districts in the country. As per reports received from the District Project Societies, at present 3234 Special Training Centres (STCs) under the Scheme are in operation with an enrolment of ..

The Ministry of Labour & Employment has notified “Ease of Compliance to maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017” on 21st February 2017 which has in effect replaced the 56 Registers/Forms prescribed under 9 Central Laws and Rules made there under into 5 common Registers/Forms. Such exercise has reduced the number of data fields from a..

Cabinet approves ratification of the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for ratification of the two fundamental..

Ministry of Labour & Employment has formulated Revised Integrated Housing Scheme (RIHS), 2016, which is applicable to the workers engaged in Beedi/Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore & Chrome Ore Mines (IOMC)/Limestone Ore Mines, Dolomite Ore Mines (LSDM) /Mica Mines and Cine Industries, registered with the Labour Welfare Organisation (LWO) in the country. p..

A well-established Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) is in place to enforce various labour laws in Central Sphere. The country-wide network of Dy. Chief Labour Commissioners and Regional Labour Commissioners under the control of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) is mandated to settle the complaints/claims in regard to grievances/complaints arising out ..

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides for both the Central and State Governments as the appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective jurisdictions. Presently, there are 45 scheduled employments in the Central Sphere while in the State Sphere the number of such employm..

The present wage limit for applicability of the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 is Rs. 18,000/- per month. The Act has been amended by Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 (effective from 28.12.2016) to enable the employers to pay wages to their employees by (a) cash or (b) cheque or (c) crediting to their bank account. The amendment in the Act also e..

Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State Governments are appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective  jurisdictions. The Central Government has notified the revision of minimum wages for the scheduled employments in ..

An Employees’ Enrolment Campaign has been launched by Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation during the period 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017, in order to extend social security benefits to all the eligible workers in the country. During the Campaign, various financial incentives are being offered to establishments to enroll their workers.  A..

The Government simplifies maintenance of registers under various Labour Laws  Government reduces 56 labour registers to only 5 for 5.85 crore establishments  The Government has simplified the maintenance of Labour registers of about 5.85 crore establishments in agriculture and non..