The eighth revised edition of Industrial Relations and Labour Laws presents an exhaustive, analytical, and critical examination of labour legislation with latest cases and legal development. Spread over six parts consisting of thirty five chapters, the book not only incorporates law relating to industrial relations, wages, social security, and minimum standards of employment, but also includes all four labour codes and industrial jurisprudence. The book offers general principles, highlights key issues, and provides case laws to equip managers, officers, and students with the knowledge and skills that they need to take forward into the workplace. The book covers the syllabi of LLB, LLM, MBA, MPA, MSW, company secretary, and masters and diploma courses in personnel management, human resource management, industrial relations, and labour laws. It is an indispensable resource for personnel managers, human resource managers, officers of labour departments, and presiding officers of labour courts/tribunals, trade union officials and labour lawyers.

The sixth revised edition of Industrial Relations and Labour Laws captures the significant developments that have taken place in the realm of labour laws and industrial relations in the recent past. The most notable development in the legislative sphere is the amendment in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 in 2010. In the judicial sphere, there has been a marked shift in the approach of the Indian judiciary in the area of discipline and disciplinary procedure. Moreover, new norms/principles have been evolved to determine the classification of a person as a workman, provide relief in case of illegal/wrongful termination of service of workmen, determine notice period for strike/lock-out in public utility services and for regularization of services of daily, temporary, casual or contract workers. Extensively revised and updated in line with the changes in the law, this edition also gives a new and more holistic dimension to the subject of labour--management relations. • Part I provides the contextual and constitutional framework of labour law and an overview of industrial relations. • Part II deals with the trade union movement, employers’ organizations and laws relating to trade unions, collective bargaining, unfair labour practices and victimization. • Part III deals with regulation of industrial disputes, persuasive, coercive and voluntary processes for settlement of industrial disputes, grievance procedure, government’s power of reference, laws relating to instruments of economic coercion, management of discipline, laws relating to change in conditions of service and lay-off, retrenchment, transfer and closure. • Part IV examines laws relating to standing orders. • Part V is on workers’ participation in management. This edition will serve as a comprehensive textbook for students of LLB, LLM, MBA, MSW, MPA, CS, and masters and diploma programmes in personnel management, industrial relations and labour law. It is indispensable for personnel managers, law officers, lawyers, trade union officials/ members, officials of labour department and members of the labour judiciary.

The Seventh revised and enlarged edition of the book Industrial Relations and Labour Laws has brought all the important labour legislations within the purview of this book. The notable feature of this edition is inclusion of laws on social security, wages and minimum standards of employment (including factory, contract, child and migrant workers). Another significant feature of this edition is detailed discussion on labour law reforms and more specifically comprehensive analysis of the proposed labour code on industrial relations, social security, wages and occupational safety, health and working conditions. This edition also incorporates all the amendments in labour laws and analyses of all important judgments of the Supreme Court and High Courts on labour laws.This edition covers almost all the syllabuses of LLB, LLM, MBA, MPA, MSW, Company Secretary, and masters and diploma courses in personnel management, human resource management, industrial relations and labour laws. Thus, the book is an indispensible resource for personnel managers, general managers, HR and law officers of public and private sectors, officials of labour departments of Central and State governments, presiding officers of labour courts/tribunals, trade union officials, management associations/federations and among others, lawyers and NGOs.

Contents:- 1. Industrial Relation: Concept and Scope 2. Trade Unions 3. The Trade Unions Act 1926 4. Registration of trade Union 5. Funds, Right and Liabilities of Registered Trade Unions 6. Collective Bargaining 7. The Industrial Dispute Act: An Introduction 8. Authorities under the Act and Settlement of Dispute 9. References of Industrial Dispute 10. Procedure, Powers and Duties of Authorities 11. Strikes and Lock-Outs 12. Lay-off and Retrenchment 13. Special Provisions Relating to Lay-off, Retrenchment 14. Penalties and Other Miscellaneous Provisions 15. The Factories Act, 1949: An Introduction 16. Provisions of the Factories Act Relating to Health and Welfare of Welfare 17. Provisions of the Factories Act Relating to Safety 18. Working Hours of Adult, Employment of young Person and Annual Leave with Wages 19.Special Provisions, Penalties and Procedure and Supplemental