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The Classification of Labour Legislations

The document classifies Indian labor legislation into five categories: 1) Regulative laws regulate relations between employers and employees and settle disputes. 2) Protective laws establish minimum standards for working conditions like hours, child labor, etc. 3) Wage-related laws govern wage payment methods and minimum wages. 4) Social security laws provide benefits for work-related issues like injury. 5) Welfare laws cover benefits outside the workplace. The document lists examples of legislation in each category, such as the Factories Act, Minimum Wages Act, and Payment of Bonus Act.

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The Classification of Labour Legislations

The document classifies Indian labor legislation into five categories: 1) Regulative laws regulate relations between employers and employees and settle disputes. 2) Protective laws establish minimum standards for working conditions like hours, child labor, etc. 3) Wage-related laws govern wage payment methods and minimum wages. 4) Social security laws provide benefits for work-related issues like injury. 5) Welfare laws cover benefits outside the workplace. The document lists examples of legislation in each category, such as the Factories Act, Minimum Wages Act, and Payment of Bonus Act.

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THE CLASSIFICATION OF LABOUR LEGISLATIONS

On the basis of specific objectives which it has sought to achieve, the labour legislations can be classified into following categories(1) Regulative (2) Protective (3) Wage-Related (4) Social Security (5) Welfare both inside and outside the workplace 3.4.1 The Regulative Labour Legislations The main objective of the regulative legislations is to regulate the relations between employees and employers and to provide for methods and manners of settling industrial disputes. Such laws also regulate the relationship between the workers and their trade unions, the rights and obligations of the organisations of employers and workers as well as their mutual relationships. The Trade Unions Act, 1926 The Industrial Disputes Act,1947 Industiral Relations Legislations enacted by states of Maharashtra, MP, Gujarat, UP etc. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. 3.4.2 The Protective Labour Legislations Under this category come those legislations whose primary purpose is to protect labour standards and improve the working conditions. Laws laying down the minimum labour standards in the areas of hours of work, supply, employment of children and women etc. in the factories, mines, plantations, transport, shops and other establishments are included in this category. Some of these are the following : Factories Act,1948 The Mines Act,1952 The Plantations Labour Act,1951 The Motor Transport Workers Act,1961 The Shops and Establishments Acts Beedi and Cigar Workers Act 1966 3.4.3 Wage-Related Labour Legislations Legislations laying down the methods and manner of wage payment as well as the minimum wages come under this category:

The Payment of Wages Act,1936 The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 3.4.4 Social Security Labour Legislations They cover those legislations which intend to provide to the workmen social security benefits under certain contingencies of life and work.

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