Book Launch: ‘Labour Laws and Governance Reforms in the Post-Reform Period in India: Missing the Middle Ground?’ – Book Released on Labour Regulation in India
- The book co-authored by Dr. K.R. Shyam Sundar, XLRI and Dr. Rahul Sakpal provides critical analyses developments in labour laws reforms and labour statistics during the post-reform period
Chennai, 25th
August, 2019: Dr. K.R. Shyam Sundar, Eminent Labour Economist & Professor,
Human Resources Management Area at XLRI - Xavier School of Management today
released the book - ‘Labour Laws and Governance Reforms in the
Post-Reform Period in India: Missing the Middle Ground?’.He has dedicated
the book to his mentor Prof. K.P.
Chellaswamy, Retired Professor, Post-Graduate Department of Economics, Guru
Nanak College, Madras University.
The book comprises essays providing critical
analyses on the developments relating to labour market reforms, annual Union
Budgets, labour statistics, etc. during the post-reform period; it also
includes a special analytical chapter on the recently published Periodic Labour
Force Survey, 2017-18.It is published by a well-known publisher, Synergy Books,
India.
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(L to R) Ms. Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan (Eminent Labour Lawyer and an ILO Consultant, Chennai); Prof.K. Jothi
Sivagnanam (Professor and Head,
Department of Economics, Madras University); Prof. K.P. Chellaswamy(Retired Professor, PG Department of
Economics, Guru Nanak College, Madras University); Prof. Kamala Sankaran (Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu National Law
University, Tiruchirappalli); Dr. Thomas Franco(International Steering Committee Member, Global Labour University); Dr. Rahul Sakpal, Co-Author; Dr. K.R. Shyam Sundar, Eminent
Labour Economist & Professor, Human Resources Management Area at XLRI -
Xavier School of Management Author
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At a formal function held in Chennai, the book was released by Prof. Kamala Sankaran (Vice-Chancellor,
Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli) in the presence of Prof.K. Jothi Sivagnanam (Professor and Head, Department of
Economics, Madras University), Prof.
K.P. Chellaswamy(Retired Professor,
PG Department of Economics, Guru Nanak College, Madras University), Ms. Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan (Eminent Labour Lawyer and an ILO
Consultant, Chennai),Dr. Thomas
Franco(International Steering
Committee Member, Global Labour University), eminent trade union leaders
and the authors. Prof. K.P. Chellaswamy was felicitated by his ex-colleagues
and students on the occasion.
Talking
about the book released, Dr. K. R. Shyam Sundar said, “Ever
since the introduction of economic reforms in 1991 in India, employers and critics
of labour regulation have argued for the introduction of reforms
of the labour laws and the inspection system. They demand codification of
labour laws and introduction of employer-friendly reforms in the process. The Central government irrespective of the
parties in power is committed to labour laws reforms, more so the NDA
government. On the other hand, the trade
unions have stridently argued that in the era of globalization job losses have
become rampant, the quality of jobs has deteriorated considerably and hence
demand that labour laws need to be universalized and be effectively
implemented. The NDA government has enacted recently the Wage Code 2019 and
three remaining Codes will be taken up for enactment in the forthcoming Parliamentary
sessions. There are considerable tensions in the labour market.”
