Industrial Relations and Labour Laws

Preface to the Eighth Edition vii;
List of Cases xxiii;
PART I: Contextual and Constitutional Framework and Industrial Jurisprudence;
1. Introduction to Labour Law;
2. Constitutional Framework and Labour Laws;
3. Industrial Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court ;
PART II: Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining and Workers Participation in Management;
4. Industrial Relations: An Overview;
5. Trade Unions of Workers and Employers' Organizations:A Contextual and Historical Analysis;
6. Collective Bargaining;
7. Workers' Participation in Management;
PART III: Industrial Relations Law;
8. Trade Unions and the Law;
9. Industrial Disputes Act: Contextual Framework, Concept and Definitions;
10. Settlement of Industrial Disputes;
11. Powers and Functions of Appropriate Government in Disputes Settlement;
12. Instruments of Economic Coercion;
13. Lay-off, Retrenchment, Transfer and Closure;
14. Management of Discipline and Notice of Change;
15. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946;
16. Industrial Relations Code, 2020: An Overview;
PART IV: Social Security and Labour Laws;
17. Social Security: A Contextual Framework;
18. Employees' Compensation Act, 1923;
19. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948;
20. Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952;
21. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972;
22. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961;
23. Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008;
24. Code on Social Security, 2020: An Overview;
PART V: Wages and Labour Laws;
25. Wage Concept 647;
26. Payment of Wages Act, 1936;
27. Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
28. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965;
29. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976;
30. Code on Wages, 2019: An Overview;
PART VI: Minimum Standards of Employment and Labour Laws;
31. Factories Act, 1948;
32. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970;
33. Law on Child Labour;
34. Inter State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979;
35. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 Index