4 of 100 marks
AIBE 22: Labour & Industrial Law
This subject carries 4 marks of the 100-mark paper — a mid-weight subject. Section 45 has 16 questions on it, four times the official count.
What to carry, and where to tab
Bring the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:
- Employees' Compensation Act 1923
- ID Act, Chapter I
- ID Act, Chapter III
- ID Act, Chapter IV
- ID Act, Chapter VA
- ID Act, Chapter VB
- ID Act, Chapter VII
- Labour Codes
- Maternity Benefit Act 1961
- Minimum Wages Act 1948
- Payment of Bonus Act 1965
- Payment of Gratuity Act 1972
Provisions that recur
- § 2(k) ID Act
- § 2(oo) ID Act
- § 25F ID Act
- § 25G ID Act
- § 25B ID Act
- § 25K, § 25N ID Act
- § 10 ID Act
- § 11A ID Act
- § 33 ID Act
- § 4 Payment of Gratuity Act
- § 5 Maternity Benefit Act
- § 3 Minimum Wages Act
- § 10, § 11 Payment of Bonus Act
- § 3 Employees' Compensation Act
- Labour Codes 2019–2020
- § 4 Trade Unions Act 1926
Sample questions
Three of the 16, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.
'Industrial dispute' under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is defined in:
- Section 2(k)
- Section 2(j)
- Section 2(oo)
- Section 2(s)
Answer & explanation
Section 2(k)
It means any dispute or difference between employers and employers, employers and workmen, or workmen and workmen, connected with the employment or non-employment or the terms of employment or conditions of labour.
'Retrenchment' under the Industrial Disputes Act is defined in:
- Section 2(oo)
- Section 2(k)
- Section 2(s)
- Section 25F
Answer & explanation
Section 2(oo)
Retrenchment means termination by the employer for any reason whatsoever, otherwise than as punishment by way of disciplinary action, and excludes voluntary retirement, superannuation and termination on continued ill-health.
Conditions precedent to retrenchment of a workman who has been in continuous service for not less than one year are contained in:
- Section 25G
- Section 25B
- Section 25N
- Section 25F
Answer & explanation
Section 25F
The workman must be given one month's notice in writing indicating reasons, or wages in lieu, and compensation equivalent to fifteen days' average pay for every completed year of continuous service.
Practise
Ten questions in Labour & Industrial Law free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.
Practise Labour & Industrial Law