MINISTRY OF LABOUR

Thrust areas of ministry of labour are as follows:-

• Labour Policy and legislation;
• Safety, health and welfare of labour;
• Social security of labour;
• Policy relating to special target groups such as women and child labour;
• Industrial relations and enforcement of labour laws in the Central sphere;
• Adjudication of industrial disputes through Central Government Industrial Tribunals cum Labour Courts and National Industrial Tribunals;
• Workers’ Education;
• Labour and Employment Statistics;
• Emigration of Labour for employment abroad;
• Employment services and vocational training;
• Administration of Central Labour & Employment Services;
• International co-operation in labour and employment matters;

Under the Constitution of India, Labour is a subject in the Concurrent List where both the Central & State Governments are competent to enact legislation subject to certain matters being reserved for the Centre.

LABOUR JURISDICTION: CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS

Union List	Concurrent List
Entry No. 55 : Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oil fields	Entry No. 22 : Trade Unions; industrial and labour disputes.
Entry No. 61: Industrial disputes concerning Union employees	Entry No.23: Social Security and insurance, employment and unemployment.
Entry No.65: Union agencies and institutions for “Vocational …training…”	Entry No. 24: Welfare of labour including conditions of work, provident funds, employers ‘invalidity and old age pension and maternity benefit.