Central Labour Acts

1. The Employees’ Compensation Act, 1923Download (174 KB) (01.07.1984)

                        -  The Employees’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 2017 Download (28.9 KB) (12.04.2017)

2. The Trade Unions Act, 1926 Download (109 KB) (01.04.1965)
3. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 Download (225 KB) (9-11-2005)

                        -  The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act 2017 Download (1.02 MB) (16-02-2017)

4. The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946. Download (110 KB)(17-5-2015)

                        -   Notification dated 07.10.2016 (Amendment to Schedule) Download (961 KB)(07-10-2016)

7. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
8. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
9. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948
10. The Factories Act, 1948
11. The Plantation Labour Act, 1951
12. The Mines Act, 1952
13. The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
14. The Working Journalists and Other Newspapers Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
15. The Working Journalists (Fixation of rates of Wages) Act, 1958
16. The Employment Exchange (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959
17. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
18. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

                        -   The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017 Download (180 KB)(28.03.2017)

19. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

                        -  The Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act 2015 Download (93 KB) (01.01.2016)

20. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
21. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970.
22. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
23. The Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972
24. The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
25. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare (Cess) Act, 1976
26. The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976
27. The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976
28. The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976
29. The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976
30. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
31. The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979.
32. The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 Download (76 KB)(24th December, 1981)
33. The Cine Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1981
34. The Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986
35. The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
36. The Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments) Act, 1988

                        -  The Amendment Act 2014

38. The Building and Other Constructions Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996
39. The Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996
40. The Unorganized Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008