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Labour Laws

Notes 12.9 Keywords

Claim: Legal demand or assertion by a claimant for compensation, payment, or reimbursement
for a loss under a contract, or an injury due to negligence.
Factory: A building or buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled.
Maternity Benefit: Maternity Benefit is a payment by the Department of Social Protection to
women on maternity leave from work.
Mines: A mine is an excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted.
Miscarriage: The expulsion of a fetus from the womb before it is able to survive independently,
esp. spontaneously or as the result of accident.
Overtime: Time in addition to what is normal, esp. time worked beyond one’s scheduled working
hours.

Penalty: A punishment imposed for violating a law or agreement; money one will pay for
breaking a law or violating part or all of the terms of a contract.
Protection: The action of protecting someone or something, or the state of being protected.
Provisions: The action of providing or supplying something for use.

Restrictions: The limitation or control of someone or something, or the state of being limited or
restricted.
Wages: A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer
to an employee, esp. to a manual or unskilled worker.

12.10 Review Questions

1. What is the object of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961?
2. Which establishments are covered by the Act?
3. What are the benefits payable to a female employee under the Act?

4. Highlight the main provisions of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
5. Discuss the applicability and coverage of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
6. Explain the conditions for eligibility of benefits.
7. Elucidate the Penalties in this Act.
8. What are the Restrictions on Employment?

9. A female employee, however, can be deprived of maternity benefit. Discuss.
10. Describe the notice of claim for maternity benefit and payment.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. False 2. True
3. True 4. Factory
5. Mines 6. Overtime

7. True 8. False
9. False 10. 1 Nov. 1963

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