Contemporary Reforms of Labour Market and Industrial Relations System in India

Ease of Doing Business versus Labour Rights
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-93-327-0452-7
Verlag: Academic Foundation

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 235 mm

Post economic reform period, in response to the strident demands of employers, the central and the state governments have undertaken several labour law and governance reforms in trickles. Predictably, trade unions have been opposing them. The reform of labour laws has gained momentum since the assumption of power by BJP-led NDA government at the Centre in May 2014. Recently some state governments like Rajasthan have carried out significant reforms of the labour laws. The NDA government has taken a big stride in the reform initiative by rationalising numerous labour laws into four codes on wages, industrial relations, social security and safety and working conditions. These Codes include significant reforms ensuring flexibility for employers and some benefits for workers. The proposed reforms have far reaching implications. Hence, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive introduction to and analysis of these reform measures in a single volume.

This volume, in honour of Prof L.K. Deshpande, provides rich insights into the contemporary labour law reform debates in a comprehensive manner. Perhaps for the first time, it contains articles primarily from stakeholders in the industrial relations system, viz. representatives of trade unions and employers, business consultants, and [retired] government official in addition to a few academics. All these contributors bring on board rich but diverse perspectives, arising from their long-standing on-field experience, on the changes in and the proposed reforms to labour laws and policies. Thus, this volume is more than an academic read. In this sense, this volume seeks to fill in a critical void in the literature on the ongoing debate on labour law and governance reforms in India. It will hopefully prove to be a major contribution to enabling an understanding of the ongoing labour law and governance reforms and their possible impacts on the ease of doing business and also on workers’ rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht Betriebsverfassung, Personalvertretung, Mitbestimmungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- About the Editor/Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Labour Laws and Governance Reforms Debate: A Preview of the Contributions
- 2. Labour Laws and Governance System in India: An Overview
- 3. Labour Law Reforms and the Reform Strategy of the Central Government at the National Level in the Post-Reform Period: An Overview
- 4. Labour Laws and Governance Reforms in Indian States: Informalising Formality!
- 5. An Interrogation of Labour Law Reforms in India
- 6. Labour Market Regulation Debate in India: A Critical Review of Empirical Studies
- 7. Labour Market Regulations: What Do We Know from Theory?
- 8. Ease of Doing Business and Labour Code on Industrial Relations Bill, 2015: Employers’ Perspective
- 9. Industrial Relations Law: What We Need to Revamp
- 10. Changes in Labour Laws: Lessons from History!
- 11. Two Decades of Labour Law Reforms in India: Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh Perspective
- 12. Labour Law Reforms and Labour Rights: Centre of Indian Trade Unions Perspective
- 13. The Journey from Regulation to Governance: Reforms Required in Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
- 14. A Labour Administrative Perspective on Reforms of Contract Labour Law: A Sordid Story of Labour Rights at Stake?
- 15. An Analysis of Social Security Code and Changes Made So Far
- 16. Labour Code on Social Security and Welfare: A Saga of Mere Theoretical Postulations for Informal Sector Workers
- Appendix

Über Autor(innen)

K.R. Shyam Sundar is currently working as Professor in Human Resource Management (HRM) Area, XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur. Prior to this, he worked as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics in Guru Nanak College, Mumbai University. He has published so far 54 research articles, 11 single-authored books and 2 edited books in the area of industrial relations and labour economics. He has completed a dozen research projects for organisations like the International Labour Organization (ILO), the European Union. Five of his research projects have been published by ILO. He is on the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Indian Society of Labour Economics and Amity Journal of Economics, Amity University.