Active and applicable Central Labour Laws in India - 2016

1. The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923
2. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
3. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
4. The Employers Liability Act, 1938
5. The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1938
6. The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942
7. The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946
8. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.
9. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
10. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
11. The Factories Act, 1948
12. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
13. The Plantation Labour Act, 1951
14. The Mines Act, 1952
15. The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
16. The Working Journalists and Other Newspapers Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
17. The Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
18. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
19. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
20. The Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962
21. The Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1963
22. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
23. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
24. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
25. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
26. The Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972
27. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
28. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
29. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
30. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare (Cess) Act, 197
31. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976
32. The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976
33. The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976
34. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
35. The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
36. The Cine Workers Welfare (Cess) Act, 1981
37. The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981
38. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
39. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
40. The Labour Laws (Exemptions from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988
41. The Building and Other Construction Workers Cess Act, 1996
42. The Building and Other Constructions Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
43. The Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008


Source - Ministry of Labour, GoI, August 2016
http://labour.gov.in/sites/default/files/Annexure/Annexure-A.pdf

Charter of Demands - All India Strike by Central Trade Unions September 2015 , 2016

CHARTER OF DEMANDS
ALL INDIA STRIKE 02, SEPT 2016

1. Urgent measures for containing price-rise through universalisation of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market
2. Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation
3. Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws.
4. Universal social security cover for all workers
5. Minimum wages of not less than Rs 18,000/- per month with provisions of indexation
6. Assured enhanced pension not less than Rs.3,000/- p.m. for the entire working population
7. Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/State PSUs
8. Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as regular workers for same and similar work
9. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund; increase the quantum of gratuity.
10. Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting application; and immediate ratification of ILO Conventions C 87 and C 98
11. Against Labour Law Amendments
12. Against FDI in Railways, Insurance and Defence



CHARTER OF DEMANDS
ALL INDIA STRIKE 02, SEPT 2015



































Source - CITU

CENTRAL LABOUR LAWS - INDIA

LIST OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LABOUR LAWS – INDIA  (In Chronological Order)
As of October, 2011

1855 – The Fatal Accidents Act

1923 – The Workmen’s Compensation Act (Amended 2000)
1926 – The Trade Unions Act (Amended 2001)

1933 – The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act
1936 – The Payment of Wages Act (Amended 2005)

1942 – The Weekly Holiday Act
1943 – The War Injuries Ordinance Act
1946 – The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act
1946 – The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1947 – The Industrial Disputes Act

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1948 – The Employees’ State Insurance Act
1948 – The Minimum Wages Act
1948 – The Factories Act
1948 – The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act

1951 – The Plantation Labour Act
1952 – The Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act (Amended 1996)
1952 – The Mines Act
1955 – The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees’ (Conditions of Service and Misc. Provisions) Act
1958 – The Working Journalist (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act
1958 – The Merchant Shipping Act
1959 – The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act

1961 – The Apprentices Act
1961 – The Maternity Benefit Act
1961 – The Motor Transport Workers Act
1962 – The Personal Injuries Provisions Act
1966 – The Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act
1965 – The Payment of Bonus Act

1970 – The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act
1972 – The Payment of Gratuity Act
1972 – The Limestone & Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1974 – The Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act
1976 – The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act
1976 – The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines & Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1976 – The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act
1976 – The Equal Remuneration Act
1976 – The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act
1979 – The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act

1981 – The Cinema Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act
1986 – The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act
1986 – The Dock Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act
1988 – The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Register by Certain Establishments) Act

1991 – The Public Liability Insurance Act
1993 – The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry latrines Prohibition Act
1996 – The Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act
1996 – The Building & Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment & Conditions of Service) Act
1997 – The Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (inapplicability to Major Ports) Act

2000 – The Workmen’s Compensation (Amendments) Act
2001 – The Trade Unions (Amendments) Act
2005 – The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act
2008 – The Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act

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Total = 46 Acts + 4 Amended Acts + 13 Rules

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SOURCE – Ministry of Labour, Government of India ( http://labour.gov.in/ )