Indian Journal of Industrial Relations: Economics & Social Dev.

Sharath Babu ¹, Samina Nahid Baig ¹

Affiliations
1 P.G. Department of Studies in Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad, IN

Abstract

Contract labor refers to labor assigned to perform tasks by an employer without any formal and direct employer-employee relationship. The relationship is mediated by individuals or agencies termed as contractors who employ workers and hire them out. Contract labor is a phenomenon visualized, originally, as a help to the growth of services of seasonal and temporary nature. The Contract Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, is a legislation to regulate the employment of contract labor in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances. This article focuses on the role of the trade unions and their challenges while dealing with the provisions of the Contract Labor (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970.

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Samina Nahid Baig ¹, I. Sharath Babu ¹

Affiliations
1 P.G. Department of Studies in Law, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

This paper attempts to find how the existing labor law regime had reached present day stage of culmination. It extends a warning as to how this hard earned labor jurisprudence of the country would be torn into pieces in the near future with the upcoming pro laissez- faire attitude of the state. The article focuses mainly on the state of child labor, workers’ right to organize and collective bargaining.

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