Kerala University 2009 L.LB General Sixth Sem, 1Labour Laws - Question Paper

I. select the most improper ans from the options provided beneath.
One mark for every accurate ans.
a) The 1st All India Trade Union was formed
a) 1920 b) 1923
c) 1940 d) 1960
b) The amount paid periodically, especially by the day or week or month, for the
time during which the workman or the servant is at the employer's disposal is
a) allowance b) wages
c) salary d) none of the above
c) The workers attend to their work but do it slowly.
a) lockout b) go-slow strike
c) hartal d) none of the above
d) When the place of business is closed, the workers are denied their employment
a) Suspension of work
b) Refusal to continue on to employ
c) Closing of the place of employment
d) None of the above
e) An effective and ultimate weapon against strikes and lockouts in the hands of
the government is
a) Industrial Dispute Act b) Essential Services Maintenance Act
c) Standing Order Act d) None of the above
f) Gherao in its etimological sense means
a) Encirclement b) Blockade
c) Closing d) None of the above
g) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 was enforced on
a) 1stJuly 1923 b) 1stJuly 1924
c ) 1stOctober 1923 d) 1stOctober 1924
h) Gratuity shall be payable to an employee on the termination of his employment
after he has rendered service of
a) 10 years b) two years
c) 5 years d) none of the above

i) A boon or gift over and above what is nominally due as remuneration to the
receiver and which is therefore something wholly to good is
a) gratuity b) bonus
c) arrears of salary d) none of the above
j) The share of the workers out of the available surplus is
a) Share profit b) Allocable surplus
c) Share market d) None of the above
(10×1=10 Marks)

II. ans any 5 of the subsequent in not more than fifty words. every ques.
carries two marks.
Briefly discuss :
a) Standing Orders.
b) Manufacturing process.
c) Factory.
d) Occupational diseases.
e) Laissez faire.
f) Retrenchment.
g) Conciliation. (5×2=10 Marks)

III. ans all issues. every ques. carries six marks.
a) The company laid off a few employees. Subsequently the company retrenched
a few of them after paying the lay-off compensation, and retrenchment
compensation. But the workman claimed full wages for 1 year lay off period.
Do you think that the workmen would succeed ?
b) The improper Government, by an order in writing withdrew an industrial dispute
pending for adjudication before a tribunal. Decide the legality of the order passed
by the improper Government.
c) An apprentice technician employed in a factory was dismissed on grounds of
violent behaviour. After 3 months he was taken back on humanitarian grounds.
Bonus was denied to him. Advise him.
d) The workman died on duty due to heart disease. The medical evidence proved
that he was suffering from heart disease and he died as a outcome of strain caused
upon his heart by the particular work he was doing. Do you think that it amounts
to "personal injury" entitling to compensation ? (6×4=24 Marks)

IV. ans any 3 ques. in not more than 300 words. every ques. carries
12 marks.
a) Briefly discuss the importance of Shops and Commercial Establishment Act, 1960.
b) define briefly the role of various authorities is Settling Industrial Disputes.
c) Illustrate the special features of the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders)
Act, 1946.
d) define the provisions of Employees Provident Fund Act 1952. (12×3=36 Marks)

Earning:   Approval pending.