Factory Act Practice Exam

Factory Act

The main job of a labour law analyst is to govern wages, remuneration, working conditions, labour unions, and industrial relations. They are responsible for designing and conducting labour market research. Moreover, they also report the labour market conditions and forecasts within the specified market sectors. Further, they participate in intellectual development and continuous improvement of labour market and contribute actively to the research priorities of the firms.

Who should take this exam?

Anyone with a bachelor’s or a master’s degree in law and specialisation in labour law can take this exam to boost their CV and career opportunities.

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving and decision-making
• Knowledge of case laws

Career Prospects

• Prospective lawyer
• Legal officer
• Labour Welfare officer
• Discrimination advisor
• Union Consultant

Table of Content

1. Factories act, 1948

• Learning Important definitions
• Learning Statutory agencies and their powers for enforcement of the act
• Learning Approval, licensing, and registration of factories
• Notice by occupier
• Learning General duties of the occupier
• Learning General duties of manufacturers etc.
• Measures to be taken by factories for health, safety and welfare of workers
• Learning Special provisions relating to hazardous processes
• Working hours of adults
• Additional provisions regulating employment of women in a factory
• Learning Employment of young persons and children
• Learning Annual leave with wages
• Learning Penalties and procedures

2. Minimum wages act, 1948

• Learning Fixation of minimum rates of wages [section 3(1)(a)]
• Learning Revision of minimum wages
• The advisory board
• Payment of minimum wages is obligatory on employer
• Learning Fixing hours for a normal working day
• Payment of overtime
• Learning Wages – less working hours
• Maintenance of registers and records (section 18)
• Authority and claims (section 20-21)
• Learning Offences and penalties

3. Payment of wages act, 1936

4. Equal remuneration act, 1976

• Learning Act to have overriding effect
• Authorities for hearing and deciding claims and complaints
• Learning Maintenance of registers

5. Employees’ state insurance act, 1948

• Important definitions
• Learning Employees’ state insurance scheme
• Employees’ state insurance corporation
• Learning Wings of the corporation
• Learning Employees’ state insurance fund
• Learning Employees’ insurance court (e.i. court)

6. Employees’ provident funds and miscellaneous provisions act, 1952

• Learning Application of the act
• Important definitions
• Learning Schemes under the act
• Determination of moneys due from employers
• Learning Employer not to reduce wages
• Transfer of accounts
• Learning Protection against attachment

7. Payment of bonus act, 1965

• Object and scope of the act
• Learning Application of the act
• Learning Act not to apply to certain classes of employees
• Calculation of amount payable as bonus
• Learning Eligibility for bonus and its payment
• Bonus linked with production or productivity
• Penalties
• Learning Compliances under the act

8. Payment of gratuity act, 1972

• Learning Application of the act
• Who is an employee?
• Other important definitions
• When is gratuity payable?
• To whom is gratuity payable?
• Learning The controlling authority and the appellate authority
• Learning Rights and obligations of employees
• Learning Rights and obligations of the employer

9. Employees’ compensation act, 1923

• Object and scope
• Learning Definitions
• Learning Disablement
• Employer’s liability for compensation
• Employer’s liability when contractor is engaged
• Learning Compensation
• Obligations and responsibility of an employer
• Learning Notice and claim
• Learning Medical examination
• Learning Procedure in the proceedings before the commissioner
• Appeals
• Learning Penalties
• Learning Special provisions relating to masters and seamen
• Learning Special provisions relating to captains and other members of crew of aircrafts
• Special provisions relating to employees aboard of companies and motor vehicles

10. Contract labour (regulation and abolition) act, 1970

• Learning Important definitions
• Learning The advisory boards
• Registration of establishments employing contract labour
• Learning Effect of non-registration
• Learning Appointment of licensing officer and licensing of contractors
• Welfare and health of contract labour
• Learning Rules framed under the act by the central government on the question of wages
• Learning Penalties and procedure
• Inspectors
• Maintenance of records & registers

11. Maternity benefit act, 1961

• Introduction
• Learning Right to payment of maternity benefits
• Notice of claim for maternity benefit
• Learning The penalty for contravention of act by an employer

12. The child labour (prohibition and regulation) act, 1986

• Learning Prohibition of employment of children in certain occupations and processes

13. The industrial employment (standing orders) act, 1946

• Learning Important definitions
• Learning Certification of draft standing orders
• Duration and modification of standing orders
• Learning Payment of subsistence allowance
• Temporary application of model standing orders

14. Industrial disputes act, 1947

• Introduction
• Learning Object and significance of the act
• Important definitions
• Learning Types of strike and their legality
• Dismissal etc. Of an individual workman to be deemed to be an industrial dispute
• Learning Authorities under the act and their duties
• Learning Reference of disputes
• Voluntary reference of disputes to arbitration
• Learning Strikes and lock-outs
• Justified and unjustified strikes
• Learning Wages for strike period
• Learning Dismissal of workmen and illegal strike
• Change in conditions of service
• Penalties

15. The trade union act, 1926

• Mode of registration
• Learning Provisions contained in the rules of a trade union
• Certificate of registration
• Cancellation of registration

16. The labour laws (exemption from furnishing returns and maintaining register by certain establishments) act, 1988

• Exemption from returns and registers required under certain labour laws

17. Employment exchanges (compulsory notification of vacancies) act, 1959

• Definitions
• Act not to apply in relation to certain vacancies
• Employers to furnish information and returns in a prescribed form

18. Apprentices act, 1961

• Definitions
• Obligations of employers
• Learning Payment to apprentices
• Learning Authorities under the act
• Offences and penalties
• Offences by companies

19. Audit under labour legislations

• Introduction
• Learning Methodology of conduct of labour audit
• Learning Benefits of labour audit

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