Employment law is a broad area of law that deals with the relationship between employers and employees. It covers a wide range of issues such as wages, working conditions, discrimination, harassment, and termination of employment. Some of the common legal issues surrounding employment law include discrimination, harassment, minimum wage disputes, overtime disputes, salary misclassification, wrongful termination, and more.
In India, the Central as well as State Governments are empowered to enact suitable legislations to regulate and protect the interests of employees, as well as to create and increase employment opportunities. Depending on the type of industry, nature of work undertaken, number of employees, location, remuneration of employees, etc., different legislation such as the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, Factories Act 1948 and shops and establishment acts of the relevant states (S&E Act) have been enacted.
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