Classification of LABOUR LAWS in India

Labour Laws may be classified under the following heads: I. Laws related to Industrial Relations such as: 1. Trade Unions Act, 1926 2. Industrial Employment Standing Order Act, 1946. 3. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. II. Laws related to Wages such as: 4. Payment of Wages Act, 1936 5. Minimum Wages Act, 1948 6. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. 7. Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages Act, 1958 III. Laws related to Working Hours, Conditions of Service and Employment such as: 8. Factories Act, 1948. 9. Plantation Labour Act, 1951. 10. Mines Act, 1952. 11. Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees’ (Conditions of Serviceand Misc. Provisions) Act, 1955. 12. Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. 13. Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961. 14. Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966. 15. Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. 16. Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976. 17. Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. 18. Dock Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act, 1986. 19. Building & Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act, 1996. 20. Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996 21. Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act,1981 22. Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 23. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948 24. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997 25. Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 26. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 27. Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation Act, 1957 28. Plantation Labour Act, 1951 29. Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 IV. Laws related to Equality and Empowerment of Women such as: 30. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 31. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. V. Laws related to Deprived and Disadvantaged Sections of the Society such as: 32. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 33. Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986 34. Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 VI. Laws related to Social Security such as: 35. Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923. 36. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. 37. Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. 38. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. 39. Employers’ Liability Act, 1938 40. Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976 41. Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976 42. Cine workers Welfare Cess Act, 1981 43. Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981 44. Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 45. Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976 46. Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976 47. Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972 48. Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946