Management of labor laws: A myth and truth

Being a welfare state its’ the duty of the government to protect the interest of the working population and save them from exploitation. Hence several laws were framed to protect their economic and social interests as well as to reduce the clashes and struggle between the employers and employees. Continuous economic growth with welfare and justice were the main goals of such labor laws. At same time we can't ignore the international standards for global uniformity. But still we are far away from that. Our existing labor laws were insufficient to fulfill the desires of the current working population and also not much favorable for growing Indian economy. If we are unable to improve the productivity and quality of the products, our dreams towards developing to developed will never come true. Genuine desires and all hierarchical needs of the working population should be fulfilled. But we must not forget those examples were industrial hubs became industry less due to those worker's rigidness who don't want to look forward. Existing labor laws were sometimes found very complicated to understand by a common worker. One of the major problem is that every counterpart deliberates its meaning by their own perception. Thus Government of India has proposed some reforms in existing labor laws and merge some of them to minimize the number of laws for better execution. With due respect to the industrial federations and labour unions, Government is continuously negotiating for the merger and reforms. This paper tries to discuss the complications and insufficiencies raised in its legal and formal practice. It will attempt to answer that why these mergers and reforms proposal came to the desk.