LABOUR LAW- I

Part – A :

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: THE TRADE UNIONS ACT, 1926.

Module : 1: General – Evolution and Growth of Trade Unions in India

• Historical reasons for the formation of combinations of workers, legal impediments
• Constitutional freedom to form associations and unions – Constitution of India, Articles 19 (1) (c), (4) and 33
• International Labour Organisation – its influence in bringing changes in national legislations.

Module :2: Trade Union – Definition, Registration and Recognition

Definitions of ‘trade union’, ‘workman’ and ‘trade dispute’ – The Trade Unions Act, 1926, sections2 (g) and (h), 3-13, 15, 22

Module :3: Immunities in trade disputes : Criminal and Civil

• The Trade Unions Act. 1926, sections 17 and 18
• The Indian Penal Code, sections 120-A, 120 –B

Part B :

INDUSTRIALRELATIONS : THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT

Module : 4 : ‘Industry’ – Conceptual Analysis

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, section 2 (j)

Module : 5 : Industrial Dispute v. Individual Dispute – Contrast

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, section 2 (k), 2A

Module : 6 : Concept of ‘Workman’

• Distinction between contract for services and contract of service
• Due control and super-vision test
• Predominant nature of duty test
• The Industrial Dispute Act, 1947, section 2 (s)

Module : 7 : ‘Strike’&‘Lock out’

• Concepts, legality and justification
• The Industrial Disputes Act – Sections 2(q), 2(l), 2(n), 10 (3), 10 A (3A), 22-28
• The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
• The Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1981

Module : 8 : ‘Lay off’ ‘Retrenchment’ & ‘Closure’

• Analysis of the Concepts, Pre-requisites
• The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, sections 2(cc). 2(kkk), 2(oo), Chapters VA, VB
• The Industrial Employment(Standing Orders) Act,1946 

General Reading:

1. Report of the National Commission on Labour(1969)
2. Report of the Second National Commission on Labour (2002)

Prescribed Legislation: Industrial Relations are governed by the following enactment:

1. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
2. The Industrial Disputes Act. 1947
3. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

Prescribed Books:

1. B. Pai, Labour Law in India (2001)
2. L.Malik, K.D. Srivastava’s Law Relating to Trade Unions and Unfair Labour Practices in India (4^th ed., 2002, with Supplement 2003)
3. C. Srivastava (Rev.)Labour Law and Labour Relations : Cases and Materials (Indian Law Institute, 2007)
4. M. Rao, O.P. Malhotra’s The law of Industrial Disputes(6^th ed., 2004)
5. D. Srivastava, Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (4^th ed., 1998 with Supplement 2003)