Name of which of the following legislations has been changed in the year 2009 ?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Legislation renamed in 2009 → Workmen's Compensation Act
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Labour Laws: 12 previous year questions
UPSC has asked 12 questions on Labour Laws between 2019 and 2021: CISF (LDCE) 12. 12 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 0 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.
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The Central Government may frame a scheme to be called the Employees‟ Pension Scheme under the Employees‟ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 for the purpose of providing 1. Superannuation pension. 2. Retiring pension. 3. Partial disablement pension. 4. Permanent total disablement pension. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Employees' Pension Scheme → superannuation, retiring, permanent total disablement pensions | NOT: partial disablement pension
For adjudication of Industrial Disputes, which one of the following machineries has been established ?
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Machinery for adjudicating industrial disputes → the Industrial Tribunal
What is the penalty prescribed under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for a person who commits any unfair labour practices ?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Unfair labour practice penalty (ID Act) → imprisonment up to 6 months or fine up to ₹1,000 or both
According to the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 which one of the following is a condition precedent to retrenchment of a workman employed in any industry for not less than one year?
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Retrenchment of a workman (≥1 year service) → one month's written notice
Which one of the following is a condition precedent for appointment as the presiding officer of a labour court under Section 7 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ?
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Labour Court Presiding Officer (S. 7) → at least 3 years as a Grade III Indian Legal Service officer
Under the Employees‟ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, the Central Government may authorize an employee, to maintain a Provident Fund Account in relation to the establishment, upon an application made by the employer and majority of such establishment‟s employees provided that the number of persons employed in that establishment is not less then
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Own Provident Fund account allowed for establishments with at least → 100 employees
The Employees‟ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act does not apply to
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Answer A (official UPSC key)EPF Act does NOT apply to → cooperative-society establishments under 50 persons working without power
The Workmen‟s Compensation Act has been amended and renamed as
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Answer B (official UPSC key)Workmen's Compensation Act renamed → Employees' Compensation Act
The Board of Conciliation under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 consists of:
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Answer A (official UPSC key)Board of Conciliation (ID Act 1947) → a Chairman and two or four members
Who is ineligible to be appointed as Presiding Officer of a Labour Court?
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Answer C (official UPSC key)Ineligible as Labour Court Presiding Officer → a practising lawyer of 15 years
The total number of members in a Grievance Redressal Committee shall not exceed:
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Answer D (official UPSC key)Grievance Redressal Committee members → not more than six
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