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Labour Law and Industrial Relations – I

Examined on Trade Unions Act 1926, Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Factories Act 1948, Industrial Relations Code 2020. Repealed by IR Code 2020, s. 104(1). Still named by the MU syllabus, so it is taught as the spine with the Code mapped at every point.

This page is the map of the paper: every syllabus unit, the leading cases with full summaries, and the exam questions the paper actually sets.

Units

  1. Unit 1 · Introduction and the constitutional framework — Module 1 — Constitution Arts. 19(1)(c), 23, 24, 43A; List III Entry 22; ILO
  2. Unit 2 · Trade Unions Act: concept, definitions and registration — Module 2 — TU Act 1926, ss. 1–14; IR Code Ch. III, ss. 5–13
  3. Unit 3 · Trade unions: rights, immunities, funds and recognition — Module 3 — TU Act 1926, ss. 15–28; IR Code ss. 14, 21–25
  4. Unit 4 · Industrial Disputes Act: scheme and key definitions — Module 4 — ID Act 1947, s. 2; IR Code s. 2
  5. Unit 5 · Industrial Disputes Act: authorities and dispute settlement — Module 5 — ID Act 1947, ss. 3–21; IR Code Ch. VII–VIII
  6. Unit 6 · Strikes, lock-outs, lay-off, retrenchment and closure — Module 6 — ID Act 1947, ss. 22–25, Ch. VA and VB; IR Code Ch. IX–X
  7. Unit 7 · Standing orders, unfair labour practices and adjudication of discipline — Module 7 — Standing Orders Act 1946; ID Act Sch. V; IR Code Ch. IV
  8. Unit 8 · Factories Act: scheme, definitions and administration — Module 8 — Factories Act 1948, ss. 1–10; OSH Code Ch. I–II
  9. Unit 9 · Factories Act: health, safety and welfare — Module 9 — Factories Act 1948, ss. 11–50; OSH Code Ch. V–VI
  10. Unit 10 · Factories Act: working hours, women, young persons, leave and penalties — Module 10 — Factories Act 1948, ss. 51–106A; OSH Code Ch. VII–XI
  11. Unit 11 · The four Labour Codes — Module 11 — IR Code 2020; OSH Code 2020; Code on Wages 2019; Code on Social Security 2020

Leading cases in this paper

Exam questions

Where it sits

Statutes