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1. Course Description:
Labour laws are the backbone for the human resource management, as they encompass the core functions under human resource management i.e. recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation management, ensuring smooth labour relations, safety & welfare and health concerns of labour. Therefore it is imperative that every HR Manager must have necessary knowledge of labour legislations, so that he /she can ensure smooth functioning of the organization by minimizing and managing the conflict between labour and capital to ensure organizational growth and profit.

This module seeks to explain the genesis of labour legislations in India and develop the conceptual perspective on legislations relating to wages, contract labour, apprentices, worker’s health and safety and benefits.

2. Student Learning Outcomes:

The course will empower the students with knowledge base and skill-sets:
# Develop conceptual perspective on application of Labour Law as a tool of HRM
# Understand the key provisions of labour legislation which affect businesses.
# Be able to apply the concepts to hypothetical problems.

3. Recommended Text-Book & Reading Materials:

# P. K. Padhi- Labour & Industrial Law- Latest Edition

# Reading materials and Case commentaries, as per requirement, will be made available from time to time.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number*	Topics	Reading Materials/Case Commentaries
1-2	Introduction	Faculty Handout
3-6	Laws relating to wages: (a) Payment of Wages Act (b) Minimum Wages Act (c) Equal Remuneration Act	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
7-12	Laws relating to employment: (a) Apprentice Act (b) Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
13-17	Laws relating to health & safety at workplace: (a) The Factories Act	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
18-20	Laws relating to working condition of women: (a) The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (b) The Maternity Benefits Act,1961	Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries

* Number of sessions is indicative and subject to change at the discretion of the faculty.

5. Evaluation:

Serial No	Type of evaluation	Marks
1	MCQ	20 [10X2]
2	Midterm	30
3	Assignments	10
4	Class Participations	10
5	End-term Examination	30

6. Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is destructive to the values of the University, and risks harming the University’s reputation as place of learning and innovation. Therefore any form of academic dishonesty would be visited by strongest possible retribution including expulsion from the program or any other punishment, as deemed fit.

On line faculty help would be available from time to time. Individual consultations with the faculty can be arranged with prior appointment.

Created By: Bijoy Kar on 07/04/2016 at 03:58 PM
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