I wrote this in my blog in July 2014 contentwriteups.blogspot.in/2014/07/employment-employees-labour-laws.html I am very Happy that the PM Modi has Modified and simplified all the labour laws and the concomitant pain of filing 16 plus forms by manufacturers,employers and factories into a single form and the process is underway to simplify the multiple labour laws into just or two that are relevant and address the core concerns of employees and ensures smooth relationship between employers and employees The list of laws which can prevent you from thinking of starting any proper business from the angle of dealing with employees alone are 1] Trade Unions Act 1926 2] Industrial Employment[standing orders] Act 1946 3] Industrial Disputes Act 1947 4] Factories Act 1948 5] Minimum Wages Act 1948 6] Contract Labour [regulation and abolition ] Act 1970 7] Payment of wages Act 1936 8] Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 9] EmployeesState Insurance Act 1948 10] Provident Funds Act 1952 11] Maternity Benefits Act 1961 12] Employees Compensation Act 1952 If you can include other laws as per the business you do Customs, Commercial tax, sales tax, ECGC, Cyber Laws etc These have benefited the community of lawyers, wasted court hours, increased bribes of enforcing agencies, promoted Trade unions who in turn funded communist parties in India. Only in very few cases they have helped the two stake holders the employees to ensure that their rights are not deprived and the employer to run the corporation with a human angle and considering all those who work for a common cause /development as part of the extended family or team. I have read at least parts of some of these laws and I strongly feel, thank God, our present Prime Minister too feels that there must be single, comprehensive law ensuring protection and benefits to the employees and their families too, this is part of his vision statement as proposed by the BJPs think tank at the same time promote healthy business environment. I know it is easy to give statement in very general terms but very difficult to address all the issues involving all the stake holders. After all we need to steer clear of these jargons like stake holders and address the brash realities that all the parties involved to get engaged in some activity and get money and benefits out of that. If we go to the root cause of the malady many parameters are infected and all of them need cure/remedy
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:53:18 +0000