46 Labor laws in India

46 labor laws consolidated under the 4 labor codes in India:



Code on Wages, 2019 (4 acts) 

1. Minimum Wages Act, 1948

2. Payment of Wages Act, 1936

3. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

4. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976


Industrial Relations Code, 2020 (3 acts)

1. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

2. Trade Unions Act, 1926

3. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946


Code on Social Security, 2020 (9 acts)

1. Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

2. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948

3. Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008

4. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

5. Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

6. Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981

7. Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996

8. Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976

9. Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976


Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (30 acts)

1. Factories Act, 1947

2. Mines Act, 1952

3. Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986

4. Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

5. Plantations Labor Act, 1951

6. Contract Labor (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

7. Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979

8. Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

9. Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958

10. Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

11. Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976

12. Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

13. Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981

14. Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labor Welfare Cess Act, 1976

15. Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labor Welfare Fund Act, 1976

16. Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948

17. Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labor Welfare Fund Act, 1972

18. Mines Rescue Rules, linked with Mines Act

19. Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948

20. Tea Districts Emigrant Labor Act, 1932 (repealed in some states)

21. Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993

22. Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, 1976

23. Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

24. Children (Pledging of Labor) Act, 1933

25. Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956

26. Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

27. Apprentices Act, 1961

28. Boilers Act, 1923

29. Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 (liability for compensation)

30. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013


These acts are consolidated to simplify and rationalize labor laws in India.