Labour Law | Important Q&A for LLB, LLM, Advocate and All Judicial Servi...

Frequently Asked Questions on Labour Laws

Q. 1. Discuss the nature and scope of Workmen's Compensation Act. Whether this Act is applicable to workers of public sector also ?

Q. 2. Define and explain following :-

(A) Dependant

(B) Employer

(C) Managing Agent

(D) Partial disablement

(E) Total disablement

(F) Wages

Q. 3. What is employer's liability for compensation to workmen under Workmen's Compensation Act ?

Q. 4. What shall be the amount of compensation to a workman?

Q. 5. What is the law relating to calculation of wages and commutation of half-monthly payment under Workmen's Compensation Act ? What is power of Commissioner to review in this regard ?

Q. 6. What are the remedies open to a workman for injury to him from accident arising out of and in the course of his employment ? Are the remedies mutually exclusive ? When is right to compensation extinguished or suspended.

Q. 7. What is the law relating to Notice of a claim under Workmen's Compensation Act ?

Q. 8. Write short not on :-

(A) Statement of Fatal Accident.

(B) Employer's liability to report Fatal Accidents;

(C) Compensation returns

(D) Contracting out.

Q. 9. What is the provision under Workmen's Compensation Act regarding Medical examination. What is consequence for refusing to be attended by Qualified Medical Practitioner by injured.

Q. 10. Discuss liability of Principal and contractor in respect of compensation payable under Workmen's Compensation Act?

Q. 11. What protection has been provided to Workmen for Compensation, in case of insolvency of employer ?

Q. 12. What is the procedure of making reference to Commissioner ? What particulars are to be given in an application to Commissioner for Workmen's Compensation ? What are his powers in deciding such claims ?

Q. 13. Discuss the Historical background of Factories Act. Also discuss object and scope of Act.

Q. 14. Define and explain following terms under Factories Act 1948 :

(i) Adult

(ii) Adolescent

(iii) Child

(iv) Competent person

(v) Power

(vi) Prime mover

(vii) Transmission machinery

(viii) Machinery

(ix) manufacturing process

(x) Worker

(xi) Factory

(xii) Occupier

Q. 15. How Inspectors are appointed and what are the powers given to them under the Act ?

Q. 16. What safeguards have been provided under Factories Act for protection of Health of Workers ?

Q. 17. Discuss the provisions of Factories Act laid down for safety of workers working in Factory.

Q. 18. What are the provisions regarding Welfare of workers in Factories Act 1948 ?

Q. 19. Discuss provisions of Factories Act 1948, about working hours of Adults and Wages etc.

Q. 20. What is the law regarding employment of young persons under Factories Act, 1948 ?

Q. 21. What are the provisions under Factories Act for grant of annual leave with pay to workers ?

Q. 22. What is the law regarding power to take sample under Factories Act.

Q. 23. What are various provisions regarding penalties and procedure and Courts empowered to try offences under Factories Act?

Q. 24. In what circumstances, Occupier or Manager can be exempted from liabilities under Factories Act ?

Q. 25. Discuss historical background of Industrial Disputes Act. Also discuss scope and objects of Industrial Disputes Act.

Q. 26. Define and explain following terms :-

(i) Appropriate Government

(ii) Average Pay

(iii) Award

(iv) Continuous service

(v) Employer

(vi) Industry

(vii) Wages

(viii) Workman

Q. 27. Distinguish between Individual Dispute and Industrial Dispute.

Q. 28. What do you understand by "Industrial Dispute" ? Explain with decided cases.

Q. 29. What do you understand by "Lay off" and Lock out ? What is the difference between two ?

Q. 30. What do you understand by "Retrenchment" and "Strike" ? What is the difference between Lock-out and Retrenchment ?

Q. 31. Write Short Notes on following :-

(i) Works Committee

(ii) Conciliation Officer

(iii) Board of Conciliation

(iv) Court of Inquiry

(v) Labour Court

(vi) Tribunal

(vii) National Tribunal.

Q. 32. Whether an employer can change the conditions of service of his workman ? If so what procedure he is required to comply with under the Law ?

Q. 33. What is the law relating to "Reference" of industrial dispute to various authorities under Industrial Disputes Act ? Can a reference be challenged ? If so on what grounds ?

Q. 34. Discuss the provisions of Industrial Disputes Act regarding the reference of disputes to Arbitration ?

Q. 35. What is jurisdiction of Labour Court under Industrial Disputes Act ? Also discuss its powers and duties.

Q. 36. What procedure and power are provided to different Authorities, for adjudicating Industrial Disputes, under Industrial Disputes Act ?

Q. 37. What is the law relating to form of Report or Award and their publication ? What is legal consequence of publication of an award ?

Q. 38. Enumerate the person and on whom settlements and Awards are binding ? What is the period of operation of settlement and Awards ?

Q. 39. What is the law relating of confidential matter revealed during the proceedings under the Act ?

Q. 40. Discuss the provisions relating to prohibition of strikes and lockouts, under Industrial Disputes Act.

Q. 41. What do you understand by continuous service ?

Q. 42. What are the rights of compensation of a workman who has been laid off ? When a workman is not entitled to compensation for having been laid off ?

Q. 43. What are the conditions precedent to retrenchment of workman ?

Q. 44. How are rights for compensation for Retrenchment is protected in case of change of employer on account of transfer of ownership or management ?

Q. 45. What is the procedure for retrenchment of a workman and how can a retrenched workman be re-employed ?

Q. 46. Discuss the legal requirements to be carried out under Industrial Disputes Act, before closure of any undertaking.

Q. 47. Discuss the restriction placed on powers of an employer to change conditions of service etc. of workman regarding industrial dispute referred to for settlement or adjudication ? What remedy is available in law to a workman in this regard ?

Q. 48. How can money due from an employer under settlement or Award be recovered and what is procedure for computing the money value of any benefit which a workman is entitled to receive from employe and which is capable of being computed in terms of money ?

Q. 49. What is the law regarding to jurisdiction of Court with respect to offence punishable under the Industrial Disputes Act?

Q. 50. What is the protection, which the Industrial Disputes Act provides for the workman undertaking to abstain from taking part in strike or lockout ?