LABOUR LAW

WHAT IS LABOUR
• LABOUR (NOUN)
• ALL EFFORT AND HARD WORK INVOLVED IN DOING A PARTICULAR
PIECE OF WORK ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVE PHYSICAL EFFORTS
• (FROM CAMBRDGE DICTIONARY)
• LABOUR STANDS FOR WORK/SERVICE.
• IT REFERS TO THE RENDERING OF SERVICES OF SERVICES BY A
WORKER TO AN EMPLOYER.
 WHAT IS LAW
• BY BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY
• SYSTEM OF PRINCIPLES OR RULES THAT REGULATE HUMAN
CONDUCT.
• LAW ARE RULES MADE BY SUPERIORS IN AUTHORITY TO
SUSTAIN PEACE AND SECURITY OF A GIVEN SOCIETY.
 WHAT IS LABOUR LAW
• THE BODY OF RULES THAT GOVERNS THE EMPLOYER –
EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP.
• THE TERM ‘LABOUR LAW’ IS USED TO COVER ALL THE LAWS
WHICH HAVE BEEN ENACTED TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYMENT
AND NON EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, WORKING CONDITIONS,
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE OF
PERSONS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRIES.
 WHAT IS LABOUR LAW
• IT IS A BODY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT REGULATES THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARTIES OF EMPLOYMENT.
• IT IS A LAW MADE BY PARLIAMENT TO REGULATE EMPLOYMENT IN
BOTSWANA.
• IT IS A BODY OF RULINGS PERTAINING TO WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR
ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYEE UNIONS,
ENFORCED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
• IT IS A LAW RELATING TO THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS.
 OBJECTIVES OF LABOUR LAW
• CHILD PROTECTION FROM WORKFORCE
• TO STIPULATE REASONABLE HOURS &COMPENSATION
• STATE EMPLOYER OBLIGATION
• STATE EMPLOYEE OBLIGATION
• CREATE WORKPLACE STRUCTURE
• LIMIT EXPLOITATION BY INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYER ETC.
 SOURCES
• LEGISLATION
• CONSTITUITION
• JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
• CUSTOM &TRADE USAGE
• LEGAL WRITING
• INTERNATIONAL TREATIES/CONVENTIONS ETC
AIM OF LEGISLATION IN LABOUR LAW

• MAINTAIN INDUSTRIAL TRANQUITY

• PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETYWALFARE OF
LABOURERS
• PROMOTE HARMONY BETWEEN PARTIES TO EMPLOYMENT
• PROVIDE MACHINERY IN SOLVING IDUSTRIAL DISPUTES
• REGULATE WAGES
• PROVIDE SOCIAL SECURITY
 TYPES OFLABOUR LEGISLATION

• LABOUR LEGISLATION RELATED TO WORK CONDITIONS

• EXAMPLE:MINES ACT,FACTORIES ACT ETC

• LABOUR LEGISLATION RELATED TO WAGES

• EXAMPLE: WAGES ACT
 TYPES OFLABOUR LEGISLATION
• LABOUR LEGISLATION RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL RELATION
• EXAMPLE :TRADE UNIONS ACT,INDUSTRIAL DIPUTE ACT

• LABOUR LEGISLATION RELATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY

• WOKERS COMPENSATION ACT,INSURANCE ACT ETC
PRINCIPLES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION

• SOCIAL JUSTICE
• SOCIAL EQUALITY WELFARE
• NATIONAL ECONOMY
• INTERNATIONAL UNIFORMITY