Labor Welfare Legislation-Emploeebility skill-ITI-fitter online note

1)- Apprentice act: -

Purpose- Promotion of new skilled worker by practical.

Applies-  To areas and industries under central Government.

Eligibility to Apprentice-  Minimum age of 14 years with level of education and physical fitness as indicated in the act.

Duration of Training- 6 months – 4 years depending on the trade.

Contract- 

i)- Registered with apprenticeship advisor.

ii)- Certificate of proficiency.

iii)- Payment in form of stipend.

2)- Payment of wages Act: -

Purpose- 

i)- Regulation of payment of wages and speedy remedy under illegal deduction or on justified delays.

ii)- Wage period fixed by employer.

iii)- On payment will be made in current tender.

iv)- Payment of salary will be made on a working day.

Employees provident Fund: -

Purpose- 

i)- To ensure social security by provision of provident fund, Family pension and insurance.

Employee and employer both pay equal contribution- (12/10 %)

i)- Employee can pay higher contribution.

ii)- Principal employer has to pay PF to employees under contractor.

iii)- Employer has to pay his contribution to EPF.

iv)- Employer’s contribution of 8.33% will be paid to employees’ pension scheme.

3)- Factory Act, 1948: -

Eligibility-

i)- 10/10+ workers in manufacturing process with power aid.

ii)- 20/20+ workers in manufacturing process without power aid.

Provisions and benefits on safety- 

i)- Proper lighting.

ii)- Fencing of machinery.

iii)- Employment of young person not allowed.

iv)- No employee should lift weight then can cause injury.

v)- No worker shall be forced to enter closed space.

vi)- Precautionary measures build for fire.

vii)- Presence of properly maintained and well-equipped first aid box.

4)- Other provisions under the act include:-

i)- Washing facility

ii)- Sitting facility

iii)- First Aid appliances

iv)- Canteens

v)- Weekly hours- Not more than 9 hours/ day or 48 hours/ week.

vi)- Double pay for over time.

vii)- Rest period of at least half an hour after 5 hours of work.

viii)- Women to not work before 6am and after 7 pm.

ix)- Holiday every week and compensatory holidays in case of missing of weekly holidays.

Annual paid leaves:

i)- One day for every 20 days.

ii)- Accumulation of leave for 30 days.

5)- Workman’s Compensation Act: -

Act applies to all workers in working in factory, mines, plantation, transport, construction, railway and certain specified hazardous works. However, it doesn’t apply to:

i)- Workers whose employment is of casual nature i.e. Armed force employees.

ii)- Workers covered under employee state insurance Act, 1948.

iii)- Employer is liable to pay compensation in following conditions –

iv)- Injury must have been caused to a worker.

v)- Most have been due to an accident.

vi)- Accident must have arisen out of and in the course of employment.

vii)- The injury must have resulted in death of the worker most have received total or partial disability at least for 3 days due to the injury.

Occupational diseases:-

i)- Claimant must prove that the disease is caused by circumstances arising out of payment.

ii)- Workers doing something for the improvement of employer’s business is covered.

iii)- Activity must be reasonably linked to the work that he is supposed to do.

6- Employee State Insurance Act: -

It includes benefits for employees in cases of sickness, maternity and employment injury and other provisions. 

Applicability:

i)- Non- seasonal factories employing ten or more than ten people and using power.

ii)- Non- seasonal factories having 20 or more people and not using power.

7)- Benefits under the Act:

i)- Sickness benefit.

ii)- Maternity benefit.

iii)- Disablement benefit.

iv)- Medical benefits.

v)- Dependent’s benefit.