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| # | Act | Year | Type | Scope | Objective |
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| 1 | APPRENTICES ACT | 1961 | Act | Central | The Apprentices Act seeks to provides for the regulation and control of training of apprentices, and to supplement the availability of trained technical employees for the industry. The Act requires employers to hire apprentices in certain designated trades as notified by the Government. |
| 2 | Apprenticeship Rules | 1992 | Rule | Central | The Apprenticeship Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Apprentices Act |
| 3 | Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act | 1948 | Act | State | To regulate the conditions of work for employees in shops and establishments in the state of Maharashtra |
| 4 | Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Rules | 1961 | Rule | State | To regulate the conditions of work for employees in shops and establishments in the state of Maharashtra |
| 5 | Building And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Working Conditions) Act | 1996 | Act | Central | Aims to provide for regulation of employment & conditions of service of the building and other construction workers as also their safety, health and welfare measures |
| 6 | Maharashtra Building And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions of Service) Rules,2007 | 2007 | Rule | State | Aims to provide for regulation of employment & conditions of service of the building and other construction workers as also their safety, health and welfare measures |
| 7 | Building And Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act | 1996 | Act | Central | The Act provides for levy and collection of cess on the cost of construction incurred by employers with a view to augmenting the resources of the Building and Other Constructions Workers Welfare Board. |
| 8 | Building And Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Rule | 1998 | Rule | Central | |
| 9 | Child Labour (Prohibition And Regulation) Act | 1986 | Act | Central | The Child Labour Act aims to (i) Ban the employment of children i.e. those who have not completed their fourteenth year in specified occupations and processes (ii) Lay down procedures to decide modifications to the Schedule of banned occupations or processes (iii) regulate the conditions of work of children in employments where they are not prohibited from working (iv) Lay down enhanced penalties for employment of children in employments where they are not prohibited from working (v) to obtain uniformity in the definition of child in the related laws |
| 10 | Code On Social Security | 2020 | Act | Central | |
| 11 | Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act | 1970 | Act | Central | The objective of the Contract Labour Act is to regulate the employment of Contract Labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for manners connected therewith. The Act empowers the Central or State Governments to prohibit the employment of Contract Labour in any process or operation. |
| 12 | Maharashtra Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act | 1971 | Rule | State | To regulate the service conditions of labour hired on a contract basis and minimizing use of such labour in jobs which are permanent in nature. |
| 13 | Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act | 1983 | Act | Central | The Dangerous Machines Act provides for the regulation of trade and commerce in, and production, supply, distribution and use of, the product of any industry producing dangerous machines, with a view to securing the welfare of labour operating any such machines, and for payment of compensation for the death or bodily injury suffered by any labourer while operating any such machine. |
| 14 | Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Rules | 1984 | Rule | Central | The Dangerous Machines Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Dangerous Machines Act. |
| 15 | Employee State Insurance Act | 1948 | Act | Centrale | The ESI Act provides for the provision of benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment injury. Under the act, employees receive medical relief, cash benefits, maternity benefits, pension to dependents of deceased workers and compensation for fatal or other injuries and diseases. Payments are made through a contributory fund. |
| 16 | Employee State Insurance (Central) Rules | 1950 | Rule | Central | The Employee State Insurance (Central) Rules gives effect to various provisions of the ESI Act |
| 17 | Employee State Insurance (Genral Provident Fund) Rules | 1950 | Rule | Central | The Employee State Insurance (General Provident Fund) Rules provides for the maintenance of a Provident Fund for employees of the ESI corporation. |
| 18 | Employee State Insurance (Genral) Regulation | 1950 | Rule | Central | The Employee State Insurance (Central) Rules gives effect to various provisions of the ESI Act |
| 19 | Employees Compensation Act | 1923 | Act | Central | The act aims to provide workmen and their dependents, compensatory payment, in case of accidents arising out of and in course of employment and causing either death or disablement of workmen. |
| 20 | The Bombay Workmens Compensation Rule | 1934 | Rule | State | The act aims to provide workmen and their dependents some relief in case of accidents arising out of and in course of employment and causing either death or disablement of workmen |
| 21 | Employees Provident Fund And Miscellaneous Provisions Act | 1952 | Act | Central | The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act provides for the compulsory institution of contributory provident funds, pension funds and deposit linked insurance funds for employees. The act aims to ensure a retiral benefit to secure the future of the employee after retirement. |
| 22 | Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme | 1976 | Scheme | Central | The Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme is a Scheme under the Employees Provident Fund Act, which provides life insurance benefits to employees. |
| 23 | Employees Pension Scheme | 1995 | Scheme | Central | The EPF Pension Scheme under the Employees Provident Fund Act, provides for monthly pension to employees on their superranuation, and for pensions to widows and children of employees. |
| 24 | Employees Provident Fund Scheme | 1995 | Scheme | Central | The Employees Provident Fund Scheme under the Employees Provident Fund Act, the scheme lays down the amount and manner of employer and employee contributions to a Provident Fund. |
| 25 | Employers Liability Act | 1938 | Act | Central | The Employers Liability Act aims to ensure that certain defences shall not be raised in suits for damages in respect of injuries sustained by workmen |
| 26 | Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification Of Vacancies) Act | 1959 | Act | Central | The Employment Exchanges Act aims to provide for compulsory notification of vacancies to employment exchanges.The Act stipulates that every establishment in public sector in that State or area, before filling up any vacancy in any employment in establishment, notify that vacancy to such Employment Exchanges as may be prescribed. |
| 27 | Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification Of Vacancies) Rules | 1960 | Rule | Central | The Employment Exchanges Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Employment Exchanges Act |
| 28 | Equal Remuneration Act | 1976 | Act | Central | The Equal Remuneration Act act provides for payment of equal remuneration to men and women workers, for the same work and prevents discrimination on the grounds of sex against women in the matter of employment, recruitment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. This Act was promulgated to give effect to Article 39 of the Constitution which envisages that State shall direct its policy, among other things, towards securing that: there is equal pay for equal work for both men and women. |
| 29 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | The Equal Remuneration Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Equal Remuneration Act |
| 30 | Factories Act | 1948 | Act | Central | The Factories Act provides for the health, safety, welfare, service conditions and other aspects of workers in factories. The Act is enforced by the State Government who frame rules that ensure that local conditions are reflected in enforcement. The Act as amended in 1987 also regulates the safeguards to be adopted for the use and handling of hazardous substances. |
| 31 | Maharashtra Welfare offered(Duties,Qualifications and Condition s of Service) Rule | 1966 | Rule | State | |
| 32 | Maharashtra Safety offered(Duties,Qualifications and Condition s of Service) Rule | 1982 | Rule | State | |
| 33 | The Maharashtra Factories(Control of Industrial Major Accident Hazards) Rules | 2003 | Rule | State | To lay down certain procedures relating to safety where hazardous processes are being carried on in industries. It requires factories to (1) Disclose all information regarding dangers, health hazards and measures to overcome hazards arising out of exposure to materials and substances, to the workers, the Chief Inspector, the Local Authority and the General Public in the vicinity (2) Lay down a detailed policy with respect to the health and safety of workers and intimate such policy and any changes in it to the Chief Inspector and the local authority. This should include accurate information as to the quantity, specifications and other characteristics of wastes and the manner of their disposal. (3) Draw up an on-site emergency plan and detailed disaster control measures for his factory and make known to the workers employed therein and to the general public living in the vicinity of the factory the safety measures required to be taken in the event of an accident (4) Inform the Chief Inspector of the nature and details of all hazardous processes (5) Lay down measures with the prior approval of the Chief Inspector for the handling, usage, transportation and storage of hazardous substances inside the factory, and their disposal outside the factory, and to publicise these measures among the workers and the general public living in the vicinity |
| 34 | The Maharashtra Factories Rules | 1963 | Rule | State | To regulate working conditions in factories and ensure basic minimum requirements for health, safety and welfare of factory workers in the State of Maharastra. |
| 35 | Fatal Accidents Act | 1855 | Act | Central | The main object of the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide compensation to families for loss occasioned by the death of a person caused by actionable wrong. According to the preamble of the Act " Whereas no action or suit is now maintainable in any Court against a person who, by his wrongful act, neglect or default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is often times right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him" Thus the Act sets tortious liability on the wrongdoer. |
| 36 | Industrial Disputes (Banking And Insurance Companies) Act | 1949 | Act | Central | This act has been repealed and is maintained for historic reasons |
| 37 | Industrial Disputes Act | 1947 | Act | Central | The objective of the Industrial Disputes Act is to secure industrial peace and harmony by providing machinery and procedure for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes by negotiations. |
| 38 | Industrial Disputes Act | 1947 | Act | Central | |
| 39 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | The Act also lays down |
| 40 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | |
| 41 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | (a) The provision for payment of compensation to the Workman on account of closure or lay off or retrenchment. |
| 42 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | (b) The procedure for prior permission of appropriate Government for laying off or retrenching the workers or closing down industrial establishments |
| 43 | Equal Remuneration Rules | 1934 | Rule | Central | (c) Unfair labour practices on part of an employer or a trade union or workers. |
| 44 | Industrial Disputes (Banking And Insurance Companies )Act | 1949 | Act | Central | This act has been repealed and is maintained for historic reasons |
| 45 | Industrial Disputes (Bombay )Rules | 1957 | Rule | State | To secure industrial peace and harmony by providing machinery and procedure for the investigation and settlement of industrial disputes by negotiations instead of trial by strength through strikes and lockouts |
| 46 | Industrial Employment And Standing Orders Act | 1949 | Act | Central | The Standing Orders Act requires employers to clearly define and publish standing orders(service rules) and to make them known to the workmen employed by them. |
| 47 | The Bombay industrial Employment(Stating Order) Rules | 1959 | Rule | State | Protection of Labour by providing uniform and stable conditions of service and requiring employers to clearly define and publish standing orders(service rules). |
| 48 | Inter-state Migrant Workmen Act | 1979 | Act | Central | The objective of the Act is to regulate the employment of Inter-State Migrant Workmen, to safe guard their interest and to provide for their conditions of service and for matters connected there with. |
| 49 | Labour Laws (Exemption From Furnishing Returns And Maintaining Registers By Certain Establishments) Act | 1988 | Act | Central | The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act provides for the exemption from furnishing returns and mantaining registers under certain labour laws for employers in establishments employing a small number of people. |
| 50 | Maharashtra Covid Notification | 2020 | Act | State | |
| 51 | Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal And Other Manual Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Welfare) Act | 1969 | Act | State | An Act for regulating the employment of unprotected manual workers employed in certain employments in the State of Maharashtra to make provision for their adequate supply and proper and full utilization in such employments, and for matters connected therewith. |
| 52 | Maharashtra Shops And Establishments (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act | 2017 | Act | State | |
| 53 | Maharashtra State Tax On Professions, Trades, Callings And Employments Act | 1975 | Act | State | |
| 54 | Maharashtra State Tax On Professions, Trades, Callings And Employments Rules | 1975 | Act | State | |
| 55 | Maternity Benefit Act | 1961 | Act | Central | The Maternity Benefit Act aims to regulate the employment of women in certain establishments for certain periods before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefits including maternity leave, wages, bonus, nursing breaks etc. |
| 56 | The Maharashtra Maternity Benefit Rules | 1965 | Rule | State | tThe object of maternity leave and benefit is to protect the dignity of motherhood by providing for full and healthy maintenance of woman and her child when she is not working.The act aims at regulation of employment of women employees for certain periods before and after child birth and provision of maternity and other benefits. |
| 57 | Mines Act | 1952 | Act | Central | The Mines Act governs the employment of labour in mines, and provides for safe and proper working conditions. |
| 58 | Minimum Wages Act | 1948 | Act | Central | The Minimum Wages Act was formulated to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments. The Act also governs certain service conditions such as working hours, weekly rest days and payment of overtime for employees covered under the act. |
| 59 | Maharashtra Minimum Wages (Unclaimed Amounts) Rules | 1968 | Rule | State | The Act lays down procedures for the deposit with authorities, of all wages which have not been paid to an employee due to the employees death or an inability to trace the employee |
| 60 | Maharashtra Minimum Wages Rules | 1963 | Rule | State | To provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments |
| 61 | Motor Transport Workers Act | 1961 | Act | Central | This Act provides for the welfare of motor transport workers and to regulate the conditions of their work |
| 62 | Payment Of Bonus Act | 1995 | Act | Central | The object of the Payment of Bonus Actis to provide for the payment of bonus (linked with profit or productivity) to persons employed in certain establishments and matters connected therewith. |
| 63 | Payment Of Bonus Rules | 1995 | Rule | Central | The Payment of Bonus Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Payment of Bonus Act. |
| 64 | Payment Of Bonus (Amenment) Act | 1995 | Act | Central | |
| 65 | Payment Of Bonus (Amenment) Act | 1995 | Act | Central | |
| 66 | Payment Of Gratuity Act | 1972 | Act | Central | The Payment of Gratuity Act provides for a scheme for the payment of gratuity to employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields, plantations, ports, railway companies, shops or other establishments. The Act enforces the payment of gratuity, a reward for long service, as a statutory retiral benefit. |
| 67 | Payment Of Gratuity (Maharashtra) Rules | 1972 | Rule | State | The Payment of Gratuity (Maharastra) Rules 1972, have been formulated for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of The Payment of Gratuity act, 1972. |
| 68 | Payment Of Wages Act | 1936 | Act | Central | The Payment of Wages Act aims at regulating the payment of wages to certain classes of employed persons. It provides for the imposition of fines and deductions and lays down wage periods and time and mode of payment of wages. Thus the Act ensures payment of wages in a particular form at regular intervals without unauthorised deductions. |
| 69 | Payment Of Wages (Air Transport Service) Rules | 1968 | Rule | Central | |
| 70 | Payment Of Wages( Manner of Recovery of Excess Deductions)Rules | 1966 | Rule | Central | |
| 71 | Payment Of Wages( Nomination )Rules | 2009 | Rule | Central | |
| 72 | The Maharashtra Payment of Wages Rules | 1963 | Rule | State | The act aims at regulating the payment of wages, imposition of fines and deductions and eliminating malpractices by laying down wage periods and time and mode of payment of wages. Thus the Act ensures payment of wages in a particular form at regular intervals without unauthorised deductions. |
| 73 | Plantations Labour Act | 1951 | Act | Central | The Plantations Labour Act governs the employment of labour in Plantations, and provides for safe and proper working conditions. |
| 74 | Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions Of Service) Act | 1976 | Act | Central | The objective of the The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions Of Service) Act is to regulate certain conditions of service of sales promotion in certain establishments. |
| 75 | Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions Of Service) Rules | 1976 | Rule | Central | The Sales Promotion Employees Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Sales Promotion Employees Act. |
| 76 | Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act | 2013 | Act | Central | An Act to provide protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
| 77 | Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act | 2013 | Act | Central | WHEREAS sexual harassment results in violation of the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution oflndia and her right to life and to live with dignity under article 21 of the Constitution and right to practice any profession or to carry on any occupation, trade or business which includes a right to a safe environment free from sexual harassment; |
| 78 | Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act | 2013 | Act | Central | AND WHEREAS the protection against sexual harassment mid the right to work with dignity are universally recognised human rights by international conventions and instruments such as Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, which has been ratified on the 25th June, 1993 by the Government of India: |
| 79 | Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Rules | 2013 | Rule | Central | |
| 80 | The Bombay Industrial Relations Act | 1946 | Act | State | It is an Act to regulate the relations of employers and employees, to make provision for settlement of industrial disputes and to provide for certain purposes. |
| 81 | The Bombay Industrial Relations Rules | 1947 | Rule | State | It is an Act to regulate the relations of employers and employees, to make provision for settlement of industrial disputes and to provide for certain purposes. |
| 82 | The Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act | 1953 | Act | State | To establish and operate a fund for the promotion of Labour Welfare in Maharashtra |
| 83 | The Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Rules | 1953 | Rules | State | |
| 84 | The Code On Wages Act, 2019 | 2019 | Act | Central | |
| 85 | The Indian Boilers Act | 1923 | Act | Central | To regulate the licencing and use of boilers in Industry |
| 86 | The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation Of Employment And Welfare) Act | 1981 | Act | State | An Act for regulating the employment of Private Security Guards employed in factories and establishment in the State of Maharashtra and for making better provisions for their terms and conditions of employment and welfare, through the establishment of a Board therefor, and for matters connected therewith. |
| 87 | The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation Of Employment And Welfare) Rules | 1981 | Rule | State | An Act for regulating the employment of Private Security Guards employed in factories and establishment in the State of Maharashtra and for making better provisions for their terms and conditions of employment and welfare, through the establishment of a Board therefor, and for matters connected therewith. |
| 88 | The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation Of Employment And Welfare) Scheme | 2002 | Scheme | State | An Act for regulating the employment of Private Security Guards employed in factories and establishment in the State of Maharashtra and for making better provisions for their terms and conditions of employment and welfare, through the establishment of a Board therefor, and for matters connected therewith. |
| 89 | The Maharashtra Recognition Of Trade Unions And Prevention Of Unfair Labour Practices Rules | 1971 | Act | State | This is an act to provide for recognition of trade unions for facilitating collective bargaining for certain undertakings, to state their rights, and obligations ; to confer certain powers on unrecognised unions; to provide for declaring certain strikes and lock-outs as illegal strikes and lock-outs; to define and provide for the prevention of certain unfair labour practices; to constitute courts for carrying out the purposes of according recognition to trade unions and for enforcing the provisions relating to unfair practices ; and to provide for matters connected with the purposes as given above. |
| 90 | The Maharashtra Recognition Of Trade Unions And Prevention Of Unfair Labour Practices Rules | 1975 | Act | State | This is an act to provide for recognition of trade unions for facilitating collective bargaining for certain undertakings, to state their rights, and obligations ; to confer certain powers on unrecognised unions; to provide for declaring certain strikes and lock-outs as illegal strikes and lock-outs; to define and provide for the prevention of certain unfair labour practices; to constitute courts for carrying out the purposes of according recognition to trade unions and for enforcing the provisions relating to unfair practices ; and to provide for matters connected with the purposes as given above. |
| 91 | The Maharashtra Workmens Minimum House-rent Allowance Act | 1983 | Act | State | Accommodation is one of the basic needs of every human being. The Health and job-efficiency of a worker depends upon the State of housing accommodation.The Act thus aims at providing for payment of at least certain minimum amount of house-rent allowance to the industrial workers. |
| 92 | The Maharashtra Workmens Minimum House-rent Allowance Rules | 1983 | Rule | State | Accommodation is one of the basic needs of every human being. The Health and job-efficiency of a worker depends upon the State of housing accommodation.The Act thus aims at providing for payment of at least certain minimum amount of house-rent allowance to the industrial workers. |
| 93 | The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code | 2020 | Act | Central | |
| 94 | The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act | 2005 | Act | Central | |
| 95 | The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act | 2007 | Rule | State | |
| 96 | The Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019 | 2019 | Act | Central | |
| 97 | The Weekly Holidays Act | 1942 | Act | Central | The Weekly Holidays Act provides for grant of weekly holidays to persons employed in shops, restaurants and theatres. |
| 98 | Trade Unions Act | 1926 | Act | Central | The Trade Unions Act, 1926 provides for registration of trade unions (including association of employers) with a view to render lawful organisation of labour to enable collective bargaining. The act also confers certain protection and privileges on a registered trade union. |
| 99 | Bombay Trade Unions Regulation | 1927 | Rule | State | |
| 100 | Unorganised Workers Social Security Act | 2008 | Act | Central | |
| 101 | Unorganised Workers Social Security Act | 2009 | Rule | Central | |
| 102 | Working Journalists And Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions Of Service) And Miscellaneous Provisions Act | 1955 | Act | Central | The Working Journalists Act aims to regulate certain conditions of service of working journalists and other persons employed in newspaper establishments. |
| 103 | Working Journalists (Conditions Of Service) And Miscellaneous Provisions Rules | 1957 | Rule | Central | The Working Journalists Rules gives effect to various provisions of the Working Journalists Act. |
| 104 | Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages ) Act | 1958 | Rule | Central | The Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act provides for the fixation of Rates of Wages of Working Journalists by a wage board |