Law Relating to Contract Labour

This work is a timely, lucid and forceful exposition on this important social enactment, aimed at providing social security to the poor labourers and improving their working conditions. The subject is dealt with thoroughly and in its entirety. The various parts of the book deal with such aspects as ascertainment of a genuine contracting arrangement, attitudinal differences between the employers and unions towards this phenomenon, how other statutes seek to protect contract workers, provisions of Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, etc. The systematic treatment of the subject coupled with a lucid style facilitates easy understanding of the various provisions of the Act. It offers a treatise of high practical utility for labour lawyers, judiciary, labour departments, businessmen and all those concerned with the subject. A companion Volume contains States' Rules under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970.