Labour Laws

This book provides complete coverage of India’s 20+ laws governing the following:

Labour Laws,
Industrial Relations Laws, and
Industrial Disputes.
Along with the above, the readers get a specially curated & 50+ page ‘Guide to Labour Laws’ to understand better the laws governing labour & industrial disputes.

This book will be handy for employers, employees, legal practitioners, HR professionals, compliance officers, government authorities, and academicians seeking clarity and precision in India’s regulatory framework governing labour and industrial relations.

The Present Publication is the 2025 Edition and amended up to 1st January 2025. This book is edited by Taxmann’s Editorial Board, with the following coverage:

Apprentices Act, 1961
Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923
Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
Equal Remuneration Act, 1976*
Factories Act, 1948
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
Industrial Tribunals
Labour Laws (Simplification of Procedure for Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988
Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
Minimum Wages Act, 1948*
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965*
Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
Payment of Wages Act, 1936*
Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Trade Unions Act, 1926
* Shall be repealed by Code on Wages, 2019, with effect from a date yet to be notified