SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR BOTH COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES

AUTHOR – DEVI SESHA MALINI, STUDENT AT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, THE TAMIL NADU DR AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – DEVI SESHA MALINI, SOCIAL SECURITY AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR BOTH COMPANIES AND EMPLOYEES, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 6 (5) OF 2026, PG. 656-664, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

The enormous population and lack of adequate opportunities have increased the proportion of unorganised workers which in turn requires initiatives to protect the interests of the workers in the informal sector. The secondary data such as published articles and Government reports has been utilised for the study. The paper attempts to analyse the social security frameworks, schemes and judicial interventions in safeguarding the rights of the workers. The limitations are emphasized in the paper such as inadequate definition, enforcement mechanisms, funding, etc. The implications for the employees, employers and companies are further highlighted. The paper concludes that despite the reforms both judiciary and legislative, the mechanisms to safeguard the interests of the unorganised workers remains regressive due to implementation gap between reforms and their actual enforcement.

Key words: Unorganised workers, Enforcement mechanisms, Implementation gap.