Preface to the Eighth Edition vii
List of Cases xxiii

PART I: Contextual and Constitutional Framework and Industrial Jurisprudence
1. Introduction to Labour Law
2. Constitutional Framework and Labour Laws
3. Industrial Jurisprudence and the Supreme Court

PART II: Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, Collective Bargaining and Workers Participation in Management
4. Industrial Relations: An Overview
5. Trade Unions of Workers and Employers' Organizations:A Contextual and Historical Analysis
6. Collective Bargaining
7. Workers' Participation in Management

PART III: Industrial Relations Law
8. Trade Unions and the Law
9. Industrial Disputes Act: Contextual Framework, Concept and Definitions
10. Settlement of Industrial Disputes
11. Powers and Functions of Appropriate Government in Disputes Settlement
12. Instruments of Economic Coercion
13. Lay-off, Retrenchment, Transfer and Closure
14. Management of Discipline and Notice of Change
15. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
16. Industrial Relations Code, 2020: An Overview

PART IV: Social Security and Labour Laws
17. Social Security: A Contextual Framework
18. Employees' Compensation Act, 1923
19. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
20. Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
21. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
22. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
23. Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008
24. Code on Social Security, 2020: An Overview

PART V: Wages and Labour Laws
25. Wage Concept 647
26. Payment of Wages Act, 1936
27. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
28. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
29. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
30. Code on Wages, 2019: An Overview

PART VI: Minimum Standards of Employment and Labour Laws
31. Factories Act, 1948
32. Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
33. Law on Child Labour
34. Inter State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979
35. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 Index

The eighth revised edition of Industrial Relations and Labour Laws presents an exhaustive, analytical, and critical examination of labour legislation with latest cases and legal development. Spread over six parts consisting of thirty- Five chapters, the book not only incorporates law relating to industrial relations, wages, social security, and minimum standards of employment, but also includes all four labour codes and industrial jurisprudence. The book offers general principles, highlights key issues, and provides case laws to equip managers, officcers, and students with the knowledge and skills that they need to take forward into the workplace. The book covers the syllabi of LLB, LLM, MBA, MPA, MSW, company secretary, and masters and diploma courses in personnel management, human resource management, industrial relations, and labour laws. It is an indispensable resource for personnel managers, human resource managers, officers of labour departments, and presiding of officers of labour courts/tribunals, trade union ofcials and labour lawyers.