Contents: Part I : Five Year Plans and Labour Administration: 1. Five Year Plans and Labour. 2. Labour Administration. 3. Stress Management Strategies for Women at Work. 4. Empowerment of Women in Banking: A Case Study of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). 5. Role of State in Protecting the Rights of Women Workers in India. Part II: Industrial Disputes in India: Causes, Cure and Legislation: 6. Industrial Disputes in India: Causes and Cure. 7. Right to Strike and the Supreme Court Judgement. 8. Legislation for the Settlement of Industrial Disputes. Part III: Labour Legislation: 9. Principles of Labour Legislation. 10. Labour in the Unorganised Sector. 11. Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. 12. Maternity Benefit Legislation. 13. Workmen’s Compensation Legislation. 14. Factory Legislation. 15. World Employment Trends in an Age of Globalisation. 16. Labour Market: A Theoretical Framework. 17. Child Labour. 18. Recommendations of the Second National Commission on Labour. 19. Agricultural Labour in India. 20. International Labour Organization and India. 21. Skill Development and Training. Labour, being a human factor, is different from other factors of production. It has certain peculiarities that give rise to various problems, which centre round the purchase, sale and performance of labour services in all countries of the world whether developed or developing. In fact, labour problems and industrial relations are the basic elements in the socio-economic life of a nation. Hence, a proper understanding of the problems, e.g. characteristics of labour and labour market, trade unionism and industrial relations, personnel managements and workers’ participation in management, wages, social security and labour welfare. International Labour Organisation (ILO) and labour legislation, women labour, child labour, agricultural labour etc. is necessary. This book on labour economics intends to give a comprehensive survey of aforesaid labour problems and industrial relations so as to make it useful to the students and researchers and also for those who are interested in the human aspects of industrial management. It is extensively based on various reports and journals, e.g., Reports of the Royal Commission on Labour, 1931. Labour Investigation Committee, 1946. National Commission on Labour, 1969. The Second National Commission on Labour, 2002. Indian Labour Statistics and the Indian Labour Year Book. It contains latest available data and other relevant information.