Labour laws enacted by Central Government and enforced both by Central and State Governments
1. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
2. The Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1952
3. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
4. The Mines Act, 1952
5. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare (Cess) Act, 1976
6. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labor Welfare Fund Act, 1976
7. The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946
8. The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976
9. The Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972
10. The Cine Workers Welfare (Cess) Act, 1981
11. The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976
12. The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981
13. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
14. The Building and Other Constructions Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
15. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
16. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
17. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
18. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946
19. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979
20. The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act,1988
21. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
22. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
23. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
24. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
25. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
26. The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981
27. The Building and Other Construction Workers Cess Act, 1996
28. The Apprentices Act, 1961
29. Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008
30. Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983
31. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948
32. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act, 1997
33. Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005
Labour laws enacted by Central Government and enforced by the State Governments
1. The Employers’ Liability Act, 1938
2. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
3. The Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1963
4. The Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962
5. The Plantation Labour Act, 1951
6. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
7. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
8. The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942
9. The Working Journalists and Other Newspapers Employees (Conditions of Service) and
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
10. The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
11. The Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
12. The Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1938
13. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
