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Unit 3: Labour Laws: Concept, Origin, Objectives and Classification
Amit Kumar Sharma, Lovely Professional University

Unit 3: Labour Laws: Concept, Origin, Objectives Notes
and Classification

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
3.1 The Concept of Labour Legislations
3.1.1 The Main Ingredients of Labour Legislations

3.1.2 Principles of Social Justice, Social Equality, Social Security, National Economy
and Labour Legislations
3.2 Origin of Labour Legislations

3.2.1 Factors Influencing Labour Legislations
3.2.2 Factors Specific to India
3.3 Objectives of the Labour Legislations
3.4 The Classification of Labour Legislations
3.4.1 The Regulative Labour Legislations

3.4.2 The Protective Labour Legislations
3.4.3 Wage-related Labour Legislations
3.4.4 Social Security Labour Legislations
3.4.5 Welfare Labour Legislations
3.4.6 Miscellaneous

3.5 Summary
3.6 Keywords
3.7 Review Questions
3.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
l z Explain the concept of labour legislations
l z Discuss the origin of labour legislations

l z Get an overview of objectives of the labour legislations
l z Describe the classification of labour legislations
Introduction

In the previous unit, we dealt with the relation of Labour Laws, IR and HRM. Labour law arose
due to the demands of workers for better conditions, the right to organize, and the simultaneous
demands of employers to restrict the powers of workers in many organizations and to keep labour

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