LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS, FIFTH EDITION

PADHI, P. K.

Aug 2024 · PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

About this eBook

This comprehensive and well-organised text, now in its Fifth 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, recent important decisions of the Apex Court 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 an expert on this particular subject can also understand these laws with ease.

NEW TO THE EDITION

Incorporates important decisions of the Apex Court with comments.

Includes topics like issues of 240 days, gratuity entitlement after 4 years 9 months, calculation of retrenchment compensation, meaning of Sham and camouflage and many more.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Law (LLB. & LLM)

Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Management (BBA & MBA)

Postgraduate students of Commerce (M.Com)

Professional courses like CS & ICWA

About the author

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 the 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. Also, he has visited several countries including Dubai, Singapore, Paris, Malaysia, Israel, and Hong Kong for teaching and training assignments.

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, etc.

His areas of interest include Labour Laws and Contract Management.