Industry, Worker & Employer | Inter-relationship + Control Test | IR Code 2020

Inter-relationship between Industry, Worker & Employer under IR Code 2020 [Sec 2(j), 2(q), 2(m)] explained for KSLU Labour Law Q28. Industrial jurisprudence is built on this tripartite link. Without all 3, no industrial dispute exists. *1. Key Definitions:* Industry: Systematic activity with employer-worker cooperation for production/distribution. Worker: Person employed for hire/reward — skilled, unskilled, manual, technical, clerical. Employer: Person/authority hiring workers, exercising control & supervision. *2. Inter-relationship:* Industry = common platform for interaction Contract of employment binds both — wages for labour Mutual dependence: Employer needs production, worker needs livelihood Control & Supervision Test: Key to determine employment Collective dimension: Trade unions → collective bargaining Source of cooperation or conflict → industrial disputes *3. Legal Significance:* Determines labour law applicability, identifies disputes, defines rights/liabilities. *4. Case Laws:* Bangalore Water Supply v. Rajappa — defined industry broadly. Dharangadhara Chemical Works — laid control test. #KSLULaw #LabourLaw #IndustrialRelationsCode2020 #Industry #Worker #Employer #Sec2j #Sec2q #ControlTest #BangaloreWaterCase #DharangadharaCase #KSLUExam2026 #LabourLawIndia #IndustrialJurisprudence #CollectiveBargaining #LLBExam #BBALLBLaw #KarnatakaStateLawUniversity #LabourLawNotes #Tripartite #IndustrialDispute #ContractOfEmployment Subscribe for KSLU Law exam notes.