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Labour laws

1. Construction Management
By
Akash Padole
Department of Civil Engineering
Construction Labors & Legislation

2. Contains
8.1Needforlegislation&Importanceoflabourlaws.
8.2ActsapplicabletoIndianconstructionlabours
suchasPaymentofwagesact,Minimumwages
act,Workmen’scompensationact,Factoriesact
etc.
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3. Labour law
•LabourlawisalsoknownasEmploymentLawwhich
mediatestherelationshipbetweenworkers,
employingentities,tradeunionsandthe
government.
•Collectivelabourlawrelatestothetripartite
relationshipbetweenemployee,employerandunion.
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4. •LabourLawisthe“BodyofLaws,Administrative
Rulings,&Precedents”whichaddressthe
Relationshipbetween&among“Employers,
Employees&LabourOrganizations”,oftendealing
withissuesofPublicLaw.
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5. •Industriallegalizationsarethelawsenactedbythe
GovernmenttoprovideEconomicandSocialJustice
totheworkersinindustries.
•Generallytheselawsprovideguidelinestothe
employers/industrialistsindealingwiththematters
ofwages,wageincentives,facilitatesforworkersand
theworkingconditionsoflabour.
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6. •ThetermsLabourLaws&EmploymentLaws,are
ofteninterchangedintheusage.Thishasleadtoa
bigconfusionastotheirmeanings.
•The“FinalGoal”ofLabourLawsistobringboth
“Employer&Employee”onthesameLevel,thereby
mitigatingthedifferencesbetweenthetwoever-
warringgroups.
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7. Necessity and Importance of Labour law
•Improvesindustrialrelationi.e.employee-employer
relationsandminimizesindustrialdisputes.
•Prospectsworkersformexploitationbythe
employersormanagement.
•Helpsworkersingettingfairwages.
•Minimizeslabourunrest
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8. •Reducesconflictsandstrikes,etc.
•Ensuresjobsecurityforworkers.
•Promoteswelcomeenvironmentconditionsinthe
industrialsystem.
•Fixesrest-pausesandworkhoursetc.
•Providescompensationtoworkers,whoarevictims
ofaccidents.
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9. Acts applicable to Indian Construction Labours
✓PaymentOfWagesAct
✓MinimumWagesAct
✓Workmen’sCompensationAct
✓FactoriesAct
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11. Payment of Wages Act -1936
➢ObjectiveoftheAct:-
•The“PaymentofWagesAct1936”regulates
paymentofwagestoEmployees(Direct&Indirect).
•TheActisintendedtobearemedyagainst
unauthorizeddeductionsmadebythe“Employer”or
unjustifieddelayinpaymentofwages.
•AllEmployeesarecoveredunder
theAct,thosearedrawingAverage
wagesRs:-10,000/-permonth.
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12. ➢ApplicabilityoftheAct:-
•The“PaymentofWagesAct1936”isapplicabletoall
Factories,IndustrialEstablishment,TramwayService,
orMotorTransportServiceengagedincarrying
PassengersorGoodsbothbyroadforhireorreward.
•AirTransportService,Dock,Wharf,InlandVessel,
Mechanicallypropelled,Mines,QuarryorOil-Field,
Plantation,Workshoporotherestablishment,etc.
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13. ➢MeaningofWages:-
•“Wages”meansallRemunerationexpressedinterms
ofMoneyandincludeRemunerationpayableunder
anyAwardorSettlement,OvertimeWages,Wages
forHoliday&anysumpayableonTerminationof
Employment.
•However,itdoesnotinclude“Bonus”whichdoesnot
formpartofRemunerationpayable,valueofHouse
Accommodation,ContributiontoPF&ESI,Traveling
Allowance,orPaymentofGratuity.
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15. Minimum Wages Act -1948
➢Objective:
•Todeterminetheminimumwagesinindustryand
tradewherelabourorganizationsarenon-existentor
ineffective.
➢ScopeandCoverage:
•Applicabletoallemployeesengagedtodoanywork,
skilled,unskilledmanualorclerical,inascheduled
employment,includingout-workers.
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16. ➢Mainprovisions:
–Fixationofminimumwageofemployees
–Procedureforfixingandrevisingminimumwages
–Rightsofworkers
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18. The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
➢ACT:-
✓Itaimstoprovideworkmenand/ortheirdependents
somereliefincaseofaccidentsarisingoutofandin
thecourseofemployment&causingeitherdeathor
disablementofworkmen.
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19. ➢ObjectiveoftheAct:-
✓Toprovidecompensationtoworkmenincapacitated
byaninjuryfromaccidentsarisingoutofandinthe
courseofemployment.
✓Theobjectiveofthisactisthatinthecaseofan
employmentinjury,compensationprovidedtothe
injuredworkmenandincaseofhisdeathtohis
dependents.
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20. ➢CoverageofEmployees:-
•AllEmployeesofanyCategories/Capacity
IrrespectiveoftheirStatusorSalarieseitherDirectly
orhiredthroughContractororapersonrecruitedto
workabroadfortheOrganization.
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21. ➢Employer’sLiabilityatCompensation:
•IncaseofDeathorPersonalinjuryresultinginto
TotalorPartialDisablementorOccupationalDisease
causedtoaworkman/Employeebyaccidentarising
outofandduringthecourseofhisemployment,his
Employershallbeliabletopaycompensationunder
theAct.
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23. Factories Act -1948
➢ApplicabilityoftheAct:
•ApplicabletowholeofIndiaandCoversall
Manufacturingprocesses&Establishmentsfalling
withinthedefinitionof“Factory”.
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24. ➢ObjectivesoftheAct:
•ThisActhasbeencomeintoforcetoConsolidateand
amendtheLawRegulatingtheWorkersworkingin
thefactories.
•ToensuretheSafeguardtheinterestofworkersand
Protectthemfromexploitation,theActprescribes
certainstandardswithregardtoSafety,Welfareand
WorkingHoursofworkers,apartfromother
provisions.
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25. ➢HistoryofFactoryAct:
•TheFactoriesAct1948wasan“ActofParliament”
passedinthe“UnitedKingdom”bytheLabour
GovernmentofClementAttlee.
•Itwaspassedwiththeintentionofsafeguardingthe
healthofworkers.
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