This law ensures that people working in factories, construction sites, mines, or other workplaces are safe, treated fairly, and have access to clean and healthy working conditions.

Key Highlights:

Covers All Workers:

Applies to most types of workplaces with 10 or more workers, including factories, mines, docks, and construction sites.

Health & Safety First:

Employers must provide clean drinking water, toilets, ventilation, lighting, and safe machinery.

Working Hours:

This law talks about the rights and duties of workers and employers in offices, factories, and other workplaces. It helps manage job-related disputes, union matters, and rules for hiring or firing workers.

What does this law do?

Solves Disputes Easily

If workers and employers have any disagreements (about salary, work conditions, etc.), the law provides a process to resolve them through negotiation, with help from the government if needed.

Clear Rules for Strikes

The Employment Exchange Act, 1959, was enacted to help connect job seekers with employment opportunities through government-run employment exchanges across India. The main idea behind the Act is to make it compulsory for certain employers (especially in the public sector and large private companies) to notify the government about job vacancies.

The Code on Wages, 2019 is a law made to simplify and combine four older wage-related laws. It ensures fair payment of wages and equal treatment for all workers across India.

This Act was passed after the famous Shah Bano case to clarify the rights of Muslim women after divorce. It applies only to Muslim women who have been divorced by their husbands.

This Act was passed after the famous Shah Bano case to clarify the rights of Muslim women after divorce. It applies only to Muslim women who have been divorced by their husbands.

This Act was passed to ensure that elderly parents and senior citizens are taken care of by their children or relatives and do not suffer due to neglect or lack of resources.

This law was made to give Muslim women in India the legal right to get a divorce (khula) from their husbands under certain conditions. Before this Act, only Muslim men had clear rights to divorce. The Act empowers Muslim women to seek divorce through a court of law if their husband fails to fulfil marital obligations.

This law was made to stop child marriages in India and to protect the rights of children (especially girls) who are forced into marriage.

This law is meant to stop people from buying property in someone else's name to hide black money or avoid taxes. Such hidden ownership is called a "benami transaction."

The 2016 amendment made the law stricter, with clear definitions, punishments, and powers to seize such properties.