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Labour Laws

Notes Collective Bargaining: Collective bargaining is the process in which working people, through
their unions, negotiate contracts with their employers to determine their terms of employment,
including pay, benefits, hours, leave, job health and safety policies, ways to balance work and
family and more.
Constitution: A body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a
state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.
Labour: A social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages.

Labour Laws: Body of rulings pertaining to working people and their organizations, including
trade unions and employee unions, enforced by government agencies.
Labour Relations: Labor relations encompasses all the interchanges between employers and
employees
Public Interest Litigation: In Indian law, public interest litigation means litigation for the
protection of the public interest.

Regulation: A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
Social Justice: Social justice is defined as justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is
exercised by and among the various social classes of that society.
Writ Petition: A special request that the Court of Appeal grant immediate relief from a trial court
order.

1.8 Review Questions

1. What is the basis of Labour Relations Law?
2. Highlight the purpose of Labour Legislation.

3. Discuss the Constitutional Directives to Labour Laws.
4. Throw some light on the Constitutional Limitations on Labour Laws.
5. “The fundamental principle which was laid down by the Supreme Court in this respect
was the principle of social Justice.” Elucidate.

6. Do you agree with the statement that Social justice is not based on contract? If yes, give
reasons.
7. Define Public interest Litigation.

8. Describe the maintainability of the Writ Petition.
9. What do you understand by Industrial Adjudication?
10. Explain the process of Adjudication.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. True 2. False
3. False 4. True

5. True 6. False
7. Social Justice 8. Industrial Law
9. Contract 10. True

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