IntroductionStrikes and lock-outs are the two weapons in the hands of workers and employersrespectively, which they can use to press their viewpoints in the process of collectivebargaining. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 does grant an unrestricted right of strike orlock-out. Under Section 10(3) and Section 10A(4A), the Government empowered to issueorder for prohibiting continuance of…
IntroductionTrade Union means “any combination, whether temporary or permanent, formed primarilyfor the purpose of regulating the relations between workmen and employers or betweenworkmen and workmen or between employers and employers, or for imposing restrictiveconditions on the conduct of any trade or business, and includes any federation of two ormore trade unions”. Trade union is a…
IntroductionThe term “bonus” is not defined in the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965. Webster InternationalDictionary defines bonus as “something given in addition to what is ordinarily received byor strictly due to the recipient. The purpose of payment of bonus is to bridge the gapbetween wages paid and ideal of a living wage. The Payment of…
India reforms only in a crises, has been the succour economists have proffered in gloomy Covid Times. The Uttar Pradesh government has done well to set the ball rolling by approving an ordinance exempting businesses from most labour laws for the next three years. Madhya Pradesh quickly followed suit with similar labour reforms. This should…
INTRODUCTION The minimum wages act was passed for the welfare of laborers. An employer must pay minimum wages to his employees. An employer is any person who employs and an employee is any person employed by an employer for any work i.e., skilled, unskilled, manual clerical, etc. The minimum wages act contributes towards eradicating poverty,…
THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 INTRODUCTION The minimum wages act was passed for the welfare of laborers. An employer must pay minimum wages to his employees. An employer is any person who employs and an employee is any person employed by an employer for any work i.e., skilled, unskilled, manual clerical, etc. The minimum wages…
Closure Closure means permanent closing down of a place of employment or a part thereof. Here, the employer is constrained to close the establishment permanently. Nonetheless the due process has to be complied with when it comes to rolling out a plan of closure. These procedures nonetheless do not apply to an undertaking setup for…
Laws are known to be replete with loopholes. The Exploitation of loopholes is something everyone likes to profess outrage about, and yet I would maintain that is central to legal practice. Practical constraints supposedly make laws avoidably over or underinclusive. This article offers a different perspective to a constitution. An aspect of the battle over…
Layoff meaning A lay off is a temporary separation of an employee from his employer. Layoff means failure refusal or inability of an employer on account of shortage of coal, power or raw materials aur the accumulation of stocks aur The breakdown of the machinery or for any other reasons to give employment to work…
Disputes can arise in between employer and employee, employee and employee, employer and employer. What are the reasons for dispute? Major reasons in which disputes can arise are:- • Working Disputes can arise in between employer and employee due to the working hours or compensation. • Wages Disputes can arise due to the amount or…
