LABOUR & SOCIAL SECURITY LAWS

Social Security:                                                                          

Concept, Scope, Evolution & Growth of Social Security Legislation in India, The Code on Social Security 2020- Brief Overview.

The Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952: Definitions; Schemes under the act –Employees’ provident fund scheme, Employees’ pension scheme, 1995, Employees’ deposit linked insurance scheme, Recent Amendments.

Employees State Insurance Act, 1948:                                     

Objectives and applicability of the scheme; Definitions: personal injury, factory, manufacturing process, wages, partial and permanent disablement; ESI corporation, standing committee and medical benefit council; contributions; adjudication of dispute and claims, benefits, Recent Amendments.

Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923:                                      

Definitions:  Dependent, employer, partial and total disablement, workmen, injury, accident; employer’s liability for compensation; amount of compensation; Contracting; Commissioner, Recent Amendments.

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972:                                                   

Applicability and non-applicability of the Act; Definitions-employee, employer, continuous service; Payment of gratuity; Forfeiture of gratuity; Employer’s duty to determine and pay gratuity; Recovery of gratuity; Penalties, Recent Amendments.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961:                                                

Definitions, Employment of, or work by, women prohibited during certain periods, right to payment of maternity benefits, notice of claim of maternity benefit and payment thereof, Leaves, Dismissal in absence during pregnancy, forfeiture of maternity benefits, Recent Amendments.

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