Gyaanpeeth WBCS

  List of Important Labour Laws 1.        The Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923 2.        The Trade Unions Act, 1926 3.        The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 4.       The Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Act, 1946 5.       The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 6.        The Factories Act, 1948 7.        The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 8.        The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 9.        The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 10.      The Mines Act, 1952 11.      The Employee’s Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 12.      The Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of service) and other Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 13.      The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958 14.      The Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 15.      The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Modified in 2017) 16.      The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1961 17.      The Motor Transport Workers