Labour Law – II (Social Securities Law)
Cochin University of Science and Technology · LL.B. Semester 6 · 20-271-0603
Unit I — Social Security
Concept, meaning and significance · relation with notion of welfare State · Constitutional perspective of social justice · international norms on social security · role of ILO · its Conventions and Recommendations on social security
Unit II — Employees Compensation
Notions of employee, compensation, dependent, wages, total and partial disablement · doctrine of notional extension · employer’s liability to pay compensation · cases of personal injury and occupational disease · amount of compensation, duration and return · authority for determination of compensation
Unit III — Employees State Insurance
Notions of employer, employee, dependant, employment injury, disablement and its · ESI Funds · contributions · benefits under the Act kinds · ESI Corporation · its constitution, appointment and termination of members, their tenure · Standing Committee · Medical Benefits Council · establishment of hospitals by Corporation
Unit IV — Gratuity
Meaning of employer, employee, continuous service and gratuity · payment and forfeiture of gratuity · determination of the amount of gratuity · exemption to pay gratuity · authorities under the Act
Unit V — Other measures
Maternity Benefit · scope of the Act · meaning of employer, maternity benefit, miscarriage and wages · right to payment of maternity benefit · available benefits · restrictions on employer; Provident Fund · notion · common provident fund · ; Pension · notion; other kinds of benefits · old age · unemployment