Unit I History of Labour Legislation in India
Unit I History of Labour Legislation in India
Unit I History of Labour Legislation in India
INTRODUCTION:
Labour legislations are those laws, which are primarily concerned with labour.
Labour is the body of law, which deals with Employment & Non-employment, Wages,
Working conditions, Industrial relations, Social security and Labour welfare of
industrially employment.
DEFINITION:
Labour legislation deals with the group of legislations or acts relating to
Employment, Non-employment aspects, Wages, Working conditions, Industrial relations,
Social security and Labour welfare of workers working in the industries
UNIT I
OBJECTIVES OF LL:
To improve the services of the industrial labour, in order to provide basic
amenities of life
To bring about industrial peace to accelerate productivity and increase the
economic prosperity of the country and to improve the condition of labour
GROWTH OF LL IN INDIA:
1. Emergence of LL with the growth of industries
2. The British oppression in India led to the growth of Indian nationalism and
industrialization
3. The plantation industry in Assam was the first to attack legislative council.
4. The recruitment of workers in plantations is very difficult. The Factories Act
1881, The Mines Act 1901 gave importance to employer’s interest. The
Workmen compensation Act (Employers compensation Act – amendment) 1923
protected the interest of the workers.
5. LL has been enacted to promote conditions of labour to develop industry as well
as national economy. Since independence the government and the employers
fully understood the labour psychology and change in the attitude and outlook to
secure industrial peace and harmony.
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PRINCIPLES OF LL:
1. Principles of Social Justices:
Workmen compensation act 1923, Minimum wages act 1948 are attempts at
securing social justices to the workers. Provision of Factories act 1948, social justice is
the signature tune of the constitutions of India and this provision is for preventing
employees from injustices
In promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, the
organization continues to pursue its founding mission that labour peace is essential to
prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent jobs and the kinds of
economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake
in lasting peace, prosperity and progress.
The ILO was founded in 1919, in the wake of a destructive war, to pursue a vision
based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based
upon decent treatment of working people. ILO Head Quarters located Geneva in
Switzerland. The ILO became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946.
The ILO is the only 'tripartite' United Nations agency in that it brings together
representatives of governments, employers and workers to jointly shape policies and
programmes. This unique arrangement gives the ILO an edge in incorporating 'real world'
knowledge about employment and work.
The ILO is the global body responsible for drawing up and overseeing
international labour standards. Working with its Member States, the ILO seeks to ensure
that labour standards are respected in practice as well as principle.
Poverty remains deep and widespread across the developing world and some
transition countries, with an estimated 2 billion people in the world today live on the
equivalent of less than USD 2 per day. In the view of the ILO, the main route out of
poverty is work.