Complete Labour Law 2 in one single lecture - from the meaning of social security right up to gig workers, platform workers and inter-state migrant workers, fully updated to the four Labour Codes that came into force on 21 November 2025.
A full 2 hour 30 minute+ one-shot class covering the entire Labour Law 2 syllabus in simple English, with definitions, section numbers, case laws and worked numerical examples.
COMPLETE NOTES:
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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Social security under Section 2(78) of the Code on Social Security 2020; social insurance and social assistance
- Labour welfare - statutory, voluntary and mutual - and how it differs from social security
- Historical development - Workmen's Compensation Act 1923, ESI Act 1948, EPF Act 1952, Maternity Benefit Act 1961, Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, BOCW Acts 1996, Unorganised Workers Act 2008
- Why 29 central labour laws were codified into 4 Codes
- Articles 14, 19, 21, 23, 24 and Directive Principles 38, 39A, 39D, 39E, 41, 42, 43, 43A, 47
- Legislative competence, Seventh Schedule Entries 22-24 and Article 254
- ILO Conventions 102, 121, 130, 183 and Recommendations 67 and 202
- CODE ON WAGES 2019 - employee 2(k) and worker 2(z), definition of wages 2(y) with the 50% and 15% rules, floor wage, minimum wages, piece rate, overtime, payment of wages, deductions, bonus, set on and set off, claims, gender pay gap
- EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION (Chapter VII) - no-fault liability, dependants, disablement, Section 74, notional extension, defences, occupational diseases, compensation under Section 76, notice and claim
- ESI (Chapter IV) - contributions, the six benefits, employment injury, Employees' Insurance Courts
- GRATUITY (Chapter V) - continuous service and the 15/26 formula
- PROVIDENT FUND (Chapter III) - contributions, pension scheme, EDLI, transfer of accounts
- Building workers, maternity benefit, creche and child care leave
- Unorganised, gig and platform workers, contract labour and inter-state migrant workers
CASE LAWS COVERED
Crown Aluminium | Reptakos Brett | PUDR (Asiad Workers) | Manganese Ore India | Jyothi Home Industries | KCP | Saurashtra Salt v Bai Valu Raja | BEST v Agnes | ESIC v Francis De Costa | R.C. Gupta | EPFO v Sunil Kumar B | MCD v Female Workers | Dr. Kavita Yadav | Shalini Dharmani | Air India | SAIL
For LL.B. and LL.M. students, semester exam preparation and revision. Every topic has the section number, the principle, an example and an exam point.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction - What This Lecture Covers
00:34 Social Security: Meaning and Section 2(78)
02:52 Labour Welfare and How It Differs
05:22 Historical Development in India
09:11 Why Labour Laws Were Codified
12:28 Fundamental Rights and Labour
16:19 Directive Principles of State Policy
20:20 Legislative Competence and Article 254
24:42 ILO Conventions and Recommendations
29:38 The Four Labour Codes: Overview
35:31 Code on Wages 2019: Applicability
40:15 Employee 2(k) and Worker 2(z)
45:20 Employer, Establishment and Factory
51:32 Definition of Wages: 50% and 15% Rules
54:49 Floor Wage and Minimum Wages
58:58 Minimum Wage Case Laws
1:04:25 Fixing, Revising and Advisory Boards
1:07:42 Overtime and Special Provisions
1:09:05 Payment of Wages
1:10:41 COVID-19 Lockdown Wage Cases
1:12:32 Deductions and Fines
1:15:04 Bonus: Applicability and Eligibility
1:17:59 Bonus Formula and Allocable Surplus
1:20:03 Minimum and Maximum Bonus
1:22:14 Set On and Set Off
1:25:30 Claims, Appeals and Offences
1:27:17 Gender Pay Gap and Equal Wages
1:28:49 Employee Compensation: Chapter VII
1:33:59 Disablement: The Three Kinds
1:36:10 Employer's Liability: Section 74
1:37:46 Notional Extension of Premises
1:39:26 Defences Available to the Employer
1:41:21 Occupational Diseases
1:43:38 Amount of Compensation: Section 76
1:49:45 Payment, Penalty and Distribution
1:52:00 Notice, Claim and Contracting Out
1:56:03 Employees' State Insurance: Chapter IV
1:59:32 ESI Contributions
2:00:24 The Six Benefits: Section 32
2:03:00 Employment Injury and Presumptions
2:04:44 ESI Case Laws
2:10:26 Gratuity: Chapter V
2:12:33 Gratuity Calculation and Forfeiture
2:15:17 Provident Fund: Chapter III
2:18:43 Provident Fund Case Laws
2:20:29 Building and Construction Workers
2:22:31 Maternity Benefit: Chapter VI
2:24:58 Procedure, Medical Bonus and Leave
2:27:04 Dismissal During Maternity
2:28:22 Maternity Case Laws
2:29:48 Child Care Leave
2:31:00 Unorganised, Gig and Platform Workers
2:33:07 Schemes, Aggregators and Registration
2:35:30 Contract Labour: Licensing and Liability
2:37:23 Contract Labour Case Laws
2:38:15 Prohibition in Core Activities
2:39:26 Inter-State Migrant Workers
2:42:18 Portability, Mapping and COVID-19 Lessons
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