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

2. Labour laws enacted by Central Government and enforced both by Central and State Notes
Governments.
3. Labour laws enacted by Central Government and enforced by the State
Governments.
4. Labour laws enacted and enforced by the various State Governments which apply to
respective States.

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
5. The contract between capital and labour could be struck on equitable terms.
6. The origin of labour legislation lies in the excesses of the early industrialism that followed
Industrial Revolution.
7. The establishment of the ILO in 1920 has been a very potent factor in conditioning the
course of labour legislation all over the world.
8. The British Civil Servants carried with them the British tradition of democracy and
pragmatism.

3.3 Objectives of the Labour Legislations

Labour legislation in India has sought to achieve the following objectives:
1. Establishment of justice- Social, Political and Economic.
2. Provision of opportunities to all workers, irrespective of caste, creed, religion, beliefs, for
the development of their personality.

3. Protection of weaker section in the community.
4. Maintenance of Industrial Peace.
5. Creation of conditions for economic growth.
6. Protection and improvement of labour standards.
7. Protect workers from exploitation:

8. Guarantee right of workmen to combine and form association or unions.
9. Ensure right of workmen to bargain collectively for the betterment of their service
conditions.

10. Make state interfere as protector of social well being than to remain an onlooker.
11. Ensure human rights and human dignity.
Proper regulation of employee-employer relationship is a condition precedent for planned,
progressive and purposeful development of any society. The objectives of labour legislation are a
developing concept and require ceaseless efforts to achieve them on continuous basis.

Example: In its landmark judgement in Hindustan Antibiotics v. The Workmen (A.I.R.
1967, S.C. 948; (1967) 1, Lab.L.J.114) the Supreme Court of India made a significant observation.
The object of the Industrial law, said the Court, was to bring in improvements in the service
conditions of industrial labour by providing them the normal amenities of life which would
lead to industrial peace. This would accelerate the productive activities of the nation, bringing
prosperity to all and further improving the conditions of labour.

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