Lok Sabha Question No. 3692 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Labour Laws of the Country
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Shri Aditya Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3692 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

## LABOUR LAWS OF THE COUNTRY

## 3692. SHRI ADITYA YADAV:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether  the  Labour  Laws  of  the  country  are  in  a  position  to address  the  issues  like  health  and  safety  at  the  workplace, collective  bargaining,  unfair  labour  practices,  certification  of unions,  labour-management  relations,  general  holidays,  annual leave,  working  hours,  unfair  terminations,  minimum  wage,  and layoff procedures;
- (b)if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SUSHRI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE)

- (a)  to  (c):   Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  is  administering  33 Central Labour Laws, list of which is annexed. The provision relating to  minimum  wage  is  governed  by  the  Minimum  Wages  Act,  1948; Provision  of  collective  bargaining,  unfair  labour  practices,  labourmanagement relations,  unfair  termination,  lay-off  procedure  are  in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947; Certification of Trade Union in the Trade Unions Act, 1926; Holidays, annual leave etc. are administered by the Industrial  Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; Health, safety and working hours are governed by the Factories Act, 1948; the Mines Act, 1952, the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 etc. Further,  the  Maternity  Benefit  Act,  1961  provides  that  women  are entitled to a maximum of 26 weeks of maternity benefit etc.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3692 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24.03.2025 ASKED BY SHRI  ADITYA  YADAV,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  REGARDING LABOUR LAWS OF THE COUNTRY.

## LIST OF 33 CENTRAL LABOUR LAWS

1. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
2. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
3. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
4. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
5. The Factories Act, 1948
6. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951
7. The Mines Act, 1952
8. The  Building  and  Other  Construction  Workers  (Regulation  of  Employment  and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
9. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
10. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
11. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
12. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
13. The  Inter-State  Migrant  Workmen  (Regulation  of  Employment  and  Conditions  of Service) Act, 1979.
14. The Cine-workers and  Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
15. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
16. The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
17. The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958.
18. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
19. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.
20. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
21. The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923
22. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
23. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
24. The Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008
25. The Cine-workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981.
26. The Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996
27. The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
28. The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
29. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
30. The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986
31. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
32. The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act, 1988
33. The Provident Funds Act, 1925

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