Study Agricultural Labour LL.M Subject

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR
Objectives of the course
Agricultural laborers are the weaker sections of the labour force. They
are neither organized nor are they enlightened and aware of their rights. This
is true of agricultural labour in different regions. Their problems are
different from those other enlightened sections of labour. The traditional
hurdles and ties standing in the way towards organization of agricultural
labour, the extent of application of the concept of collective bargaining in
the field and the nature of welfare measures and dispute settlement systems
available are to be examined in this paper. Naturally the laws and the
practices where the state initiative has gone ahead are useful areas of study
for enabling the students to suggest law reforms.
The following syllabus prepared with these perspectives will be
spread over a period of one year.
Subject :
1. Agricultural Labour Relations
1.1 Agricultural labourer the concept
1.2 Early stages the traditional ties between the landlord and the
workers
1.2.1 Non exploitative fair relation: the feudal hegemony,
share in products as wages, wages in kind, benefits in
addition to wages, participation in festive occasion,
grievance redressal at landlord's residence

1.3 Exploitation of labour by the landlord
1.3.1 Longer hours of work and lower wages: statutory
regulation
1.3.2 Bonded labour
1.3.3 Indebtedness
1.4 Tribal labour in forest settlements
1.5 Migrant agricultural labour
2. Trade Unionism and Collective Bargaining
among Agricultural Labour
2.1 Unorganized nature
2.2 Seasonal character
2.3 Political movements
2.4 State, regional and macro regional disparities in collective
bargaining, organization and remuneration
3. Industrial Labour Norms in the Agricultural
Labour Area
3.1 Problem: multi employer employment situation
3.2 Workmen's compensation
3.3 Minimum wages
4. Labour Welfare
4.1 Need for state initiative and support
4.2 Assessment of existing measures: statutory and non statutory
4.3 Agrarian reform as agricultural labour protection measure: land
to the tiller doctrine

4.4 Environmental impact of distribution of forest land among
agricultural labourers
4.5 Futuristic perspectives
5. Dispute Settlement Mechanism
5.1 Practices: settlements
5.4 Statutory measures: conciliation, adjudication
5.5 Comparative study of state practices and laws