The objectives of the LABOUR Department are maintenance of Industrial Peace, Enforcement of Labour Enactments and implementation of Social Security and Labour Welfare. The Labour Department is enforcing 16 Central Enactments and 4 State Enactments. The services rendered by the department are conciliation services, quasi-judicial services, enforcement of Labour Laws and registration and renewal services. The Welfare Schemes implemented by the department are Beedi Housing for Beedi Workers, Scholarships and other economic ameliorative services through A.P.Labour Welfare Fund.

CENTRAL ENACTMENTS :

1) Industrial Disputes Act, 1948

2) Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970.

3) Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act, 1986.

4) Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1976.

5) Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.

6) Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.

7) Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

8) Payment of Wages Act, 1936.

9) Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923.

10) Trade Unions Act, 1926.

11) Minimum Wages Act, 1948.

12) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

13) Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.

14) Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Services) Act, 1976.

15) Working Journalists and other News Paper Employees Conditions of Service and Msc.Provisions) Act, 1955.

16) Inter-State Migrant Workers (Regulations of Employment Conditions of Service) Act,1979

STATE ENACTMENTS :

17) A.P.Shops & Establishments Act, 1988.

18) A.P.Factories and Establishments (National Festivals & Other Holidays) Act, 1974.

19) A.P.Mutta Jattu & Hammals and other manual workders (Regulations of employment and welfare) Act, 1976.

20) A.P. Welfare Fund Act 1987.

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