M.B.A DEGREE EXAMINATION, FEBRUARY 2018.
Fourth Semester
LABOUR LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATION
(Non CBCS Old Regulation)
2 90145
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
PART — A
Answer any FIVE of the following. 12 60 Marks)
1. Discuss the relevance of labour legislation to HRM.
2. What are the misconducts on the part of a workman which amount to indiscipline?
3. Explain rights and obligation of the workers under Factories Act, 1948.
4. Discuss various provision of Employee State Insurance Act, 1948.
5. What is the amount of compensation an employee is entitled to receive for different
types of disablement?
6. Explain various benefits payable to a female under Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
7. Explain the rights and liabilities of a registered trade union.
8. Explain the provision for settlement of industrial disputes.
PART — B
Case study (Compulsory) (10 Marks)
9. A union category employee of Ennore Foundries Ltd., came to the punching booth
for recording his punching. There was a heap of sand kept for construction purpose.
Some quantity of sand got spread near the punching machine. The employee in
question while punching, fell on the sand. While falling, he had taken his hand for
support. The hand of the workman was in a swollen condition. The Union members
stressed that the wounded employee should be treated in Bone and Joint Hospital
at Anna Nagar, Chennai. That treatment in the hospital was costly. The
management suggested that the employee should be taken to the Nominated
Hospital with whom the company was having tie-up, by paying one-time premium.
Due to the trade union pressure the Welfare Officer of the company admitted the
employee in the Bone and Joint Hospital Anna Nagar, Chennai. X Ray was taken.
The X-Ray report did not show any complication. Doctor told the union member
and the colleague that the treatment was on and that it will take one or two days.
The Trade Union member and the colleague of the workman were in a going mood.
Both of the trade union member and the Co-employee left at 11.30 a.m. Human
resource manager informed the Welfare officer that the hospital should not keep
the employee for more than necessary hours, as treatment in that hospital was
costly and not in conformity with the wage agreement and policy of the Company.
These were like the biblical dictums guiding even step and at the same time be of
goad service to the workman also, in tune with the philosophy of the company.
Soon the family of the employee arrived and was satisfied and said that they will
take care of him. The next step was making arrangements for discharge from the
Bone and Joint Hospital for commencing further treatment with the companynominated
hospital. The employee was admitted in the company nominated
hospital on the following day. But, the trade union agitated over the issue of
admitting in the company nominated union.
Questions
Whether the Trade Union was really interested in the employee or was
looking for an opportunity to embarrass the management.
If the management had immediately agreed with the demand of one Trade
Union, whether it would have opened the floodgates of numerous demands in
connection with that incident.
If readily agreed by management, whether it would have got other
repercussions like other serious deceases for which there are numerous
specialized hospitals which are costly to be borne by management?
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