Overview
This comprehensive and well-organised text, now in its Fourth Edition, explains, with great clarity and precision, the labour and industrial laws such as the Industrial Disputes Act, the Factories Act, and the Contract Labour Act. While giving a broad perspective of the subject, the text brings out the objectives behind the enactment of every legislation, discusses the relevant case laws and shows how the Constitution is related to labour laws. Formulas for the calculation of compensation for retrenchment, death, permanent disablement are also provided. Legal jargon has been completely avoided so that anyone who is not expert in this particular subject can also understand these laws with ease. The book is primarily meant for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and management as well as for the postgraduate students of commerce/personnel management and industrial relations. Besides, students pursuing professional courses such as Company Secretaryship (CS) and ICWA would also find the book very useful. New to the Fourth Edition Incorporates amendments made in the Payment of Wages Act; the Payment of Gratuity Act; and recent judgement of the Supreme Court on PF, Gratuity, the Industrial Disputes Act, and the Factories Act. Introduces a new chapter on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Working Women.
Full Product Details
Author: P.K. Padhi
Publisher: PHI Learning
Imprint: PHI Learning
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Weight: 1.245kg
ISBN: 9789388028936
ISBN 10: 9388028937
Pages: 976
Publication Date: 24 June 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
P.K. Padhi, Ph.D. (Labour Law), is Professor, Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur. Also, he is Advisor to HR Federation of India. Dr. Padhi joined Utkal University Law College as a Principal in 1994 after completing his LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. in Law. In 2002, he joined XLRI. He has 8 books to his credit and has published more than 25 articles in the national and international journals, and also, visited Dubai, Singapore, Paris, Malaysia, Israel, and Hong Kong for teaching and training assignment. Dr. Padhi provides consultancy in Labour Management, Labour Compliances, Contract Management and Contract Labour Management to many companies such as Reliance, L&T, Godrej, GRSE, NPCIL, HZL, XL Health. Being a trainer in almost all PSUs, namely, NTPC, NPCIL, IOL, DVC, ISRO, RBI, SBI, IOCL, Power Grid, GAIL, ONGC, HAL, NHPC, Dr. Padhi conducts 5-Day Training Programme on Labour Laws for all Central Labour Commissioners since 2004. Almost all ALC, RLC and Deputy CLC of Government of India have visited XLRI and stayed for a week for the training. He conducts open workshop on Contract Management and Contract Labour Management in all metro cities. He also conducts training programme for private companies such as Reliance, Dr. Reddy, L&T, Sandvik Asia, Microsoft, Accenture, Vodafone, Aircel, etc. His areas of interest include Labour Laws and Contract Management.
