This book primarily aims to enhance the knowledge of HR and IR professionals in the labour laws of India. It also seeks to develop a holistic understanding of managing the interest of workers and employers hand in hand. This book compiles the legislation dealing with the following:

• Industrial Relations
• Wages
• Work Conditions
• Social Security
• Employment of Women and Children

This book will be helpful as a textbook for business management students specialising in human resource management and HR professionals.

The Present Publication is the 2^nd Edition, authored by Dr Parul Gupta, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Simple & Lucid Language with an Application-Oriented Approach] has been followed throughout this book
• [Student-Oriented Book] This book has been developed keeping in mind the following factors:
• Interaction of the author/teacher with their students in the classroom
• Shaped by the author/teacher's experience of teaching the subject matter at different levels for more than three decades
• Reactions and responses of students have also been incorporated at different places in the book
• [Amended & Updated] The 2^nd edition incorporates amendments made in the labour legislation in the recent past
• [Case Studies & Judgements along with their Explanation] has been included to provide a holistic understanding of labour legislations and the approach of the court of law to settle industrial disputes
• [Case Studies] are included in the book to augment better learning
• [Chapter End Questions including Descriptive and Multiple Choice Questions] are included in this book to supplement classroom inputs

The structure of the book is as follows:

• Chapter one highlights the importance of industrial relations for businesses and HR professionals, followed by an overview of significant changes proposed in the four labour codes
• Chapter two throws light on the evolution of labour laws in India and major categories of labour legislation
• Chapters three to eighteen discuss in detail various provisions of labour laws which can be broadly divided into three categories, such as:
• Protective and Employment Legislations
• Social Security Legislations
• Regulatory Legislations

The detailed contents of the book are as follows:

• Industrial Relations and the Labour Codes
• Evolution of Labour Legislation in India
• Factories Act, 1948
• Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
• Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
• Employee's Compensation Act, 1923
• Employee's State Insurance Act, 1948
• Employee's Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
• Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
• Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
• Payment of Wages Act, 1936
• Minimum Wages Act, 1948
• Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
• Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
• Trade Unions Act, 1926
• Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
• Apprentices Act, 1961
• Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959