Comprehensive statutory directory of all 48 Central enactments, state specific shop & commercial establishment laws, and welfare funds.
Declares that certain defences shall not be raised in suits for damages in respect of injuries sustained by workmen.
Mandates compulsory notification of vacancies to designated employment exchanges by establishments.
Mandates equal remuneration to men and women workers and prevents discrimination on ground of sex against women in employment.
Comprehensive legislation governing health, safety, welfare, working hours, and leave for workers employed in factories.
Provides compensation to families for loss occasioned by the death of a person caused by actionable wrong.
Provides the machinery for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes through conciliation, arbitration and adjudication.
Requires employers in industrial establishments to formally define conditions of employment under certified standing orders.
Regulates employment of inter-state migrant workmen and provides for their conditions of service and journey allowance.
Protects employment of women during maternity and entitles them to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks and nursing breaks.
Regulates safety, health and welfare of workers in coal, metalliferous and oil mines across the nation.
The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 was enacted to provide for the fixing of minimum rates of wages in certain employments. The Act establishes a statutory framework for prescribing minimum wage rates for covered employments and provides for mechanisms relating to the fixation and revision of such rates. It also provides for enforcement and compliance measures to help ensure that workers covered by the Act receive wages at or above the prescribed minimum rates.
Provides for the welfare of motor transport workers and regulates conditions of their work in motor transport undertakings.
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