| Summary/Abstract |
This article discusses welfare measures in the formal sector being constrained by
labour legislation which is, at best, empirically fragile. This very fragility requires
us to view labour laws and possible reforms using conceptual frames that are not
preoccupied with de jure legislation but rather focus on the actual implementation
of the law considering judicial and executive practice. Various factors taken
together complemented by empirical work in Gujarat reflect that while labour
laws are supposed to be operational in a special economic zones (SEZ), they are
almost absent in practice. This study is based on both theoretical and empirical
methods. This study suggests systematic non-implementation of labour welfare
measures that have a negative implication on workers in each and every way
possible. This has led the workers in SEZs to earn their living in an atmosphere
of threat, fear and uncertainty.
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