Labour Legislation and Industrial Revolution
Labour Legislation and Industrial Revolution
Labour law is an area which signifies the relationship between a worker, government and the trade unions
They play an important role in protecting the rights of the Labour, their union, their wages and moreover a link between the
government and the workers
It is a protective code for the labours, workers, employees to make them aware of their rights and to establish a new standard of law
It focuses on labour relations, industrial relations and functions of trade union and providing adequate working conditions
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1498 Vasco De Gama discovered the sea route for India and various continents-
World Trade began- Demand started to increase-difficult for production to be
limited to man made-thus there was a need for machine made production
Reasons for Industrial Revolution
Reasons
Role of
Oxygen (Raw
Demand Capitalists Innovation
Material)
(private owners)
Britain became an epicenter Beginning of the textile sector
Salient Features
Revolution within revolution
(innovations that happened Change in Agricultural Pattern
under IR)
Impact of Industrial revolution
Capitalism
Communism
Mercantilism
and Socialism
Imperialism
Nationalism and
Colonialism
Capitalism began to grow-The
Industrial Revolution brough a big More working classes came into
golden rule of “Risk and Right” go
change in the lifestyle of people existence, more exploitation of
together with the concept of
where the majority began to shift the working class and the
“Hire and Fire” and other legal
from Agricultural lifestyle to employers wanted to get
concept were of Master and
materialistic lifestyle. maximum benefits
Servant relationship
Uniform
Impact of labour laws
Contemporary
event world began to
war get
established
Provide
safety and Establishment
welfare of of ILO in 1919
workers
Objectives of Labour Legislation
Socio Economic
Progress-
Increased
productivity
benefits all
Occupation
Security- Job
Security
Improves
Economic
Working
Security
Conditions
Economic Justice- Payment of equal
Social Justice-Poor people shall not be wages for same kind of work-working
exploited by the rich people-equal justice conditions before industrial revolution
for all was abysmal
Principles of Labour
Legislation
National Economy- Industrial Peace- International Conventions- establishment
Physical needs of workers that helps to of ILO saw many reforms- brought
increase productivity- increase in uniformity among the workers- minimum
prosperity standard of living shall be provided.