Paper I

Labour Law – II

Wages and bonus under the Code on Wages, employees' compensation, ESI, EPF, maternity benefit, gratuity, factories, child labour and equal remuneration.

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Unit I: Code on Wages, 2019: wages, payment and bonus

Minimum wages and timely payment of wages 3 cases Bonus: eligibility, allocable surplus and the wage-code scheme 3 cases

Unit II: Employees' compensation and ESI

Employees' Compensation Act, 1923: arising out of and in the course of employment 3 cases Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948: coverage and benefits 3 cases

Unit III: Provident fund and maternity benefit

Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 3 cases Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 as amended in 2017 3 cases

Unit IV: Gratuity and factories

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 3 cases Factories Act, 1948: health, safety, hours and welfare 3 cases

Unit V: Child labour and equal remuneration

Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 3 cases Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 and the wage-code non-discrimination rule 3 cases