Legislation concerning laborers

• Constitution of India
• Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
• Payment of Wages Act, 1936
• Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
• Factories Act, 1948
• Mines Act, 1952
• Plantations Labour Act, 1951
• Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
• Minimum Wages Act, 1948
• The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
• Workmen’s Compensation Act,1923
• The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Service) Act, 1966
• Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
• Factories Act, 1948
• Trade Unions Act, 1926
• The Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 2001
• The Working Journalist (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act, 1958
• The Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1963
• The Personal Injuries (Emergency) Provisions Act, 1962
• The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
• The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
• Employees’ Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
• The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976
• The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

The Supreme Court in the case of Consumer Education & Research Center vs. Union of India reported in All India Reporter 1995 Supreme Court 922 held that the right to health and medical aid of workers during service and thereafter is a fundamental right.