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Unit 9: Social Security Legislations

3. Criminal offence involving moral turpitude, resulting in conviction in a court of law; Notes
4. Theft, fraud or dishonesty in connection with the employer's business or property; and
5. Willful non-observance of safety measures or rules or willful interference with safety
devices or with fire fighting equipment.
The aggrieved woman may, within sixty days from the date on which the order of such
deprivation is communicated to her, appeal to the prescribed authority, and the decision of the
authority on such appeal shall be final.

Appraisal of the Act

The maternity benefits provide the working women with a lot of benefits during the pregnancy
meeting certain conditions. Most of the small organisations do not extend the benefits to them
on pretext of one or other cause and even, many women workers do not claim maternity
benefits due to their ignorance about the laws.

9.15 Summary

Social security measures seek to relieve the tension and stress of the workers in case of
unemployment or accidents.

The Workers Compensation Act aims at providing the workers with the compensation in
case of injuries or accidents suffered by them during the course of employment.
The Employee's State Insurance Act offers medical help and unemployment coverage to
industrial workers during their illness.
The Maternity Benefit Act provides for the payment of maternity benefits to women
workers in the form of leaves on certain benefits.

9.16 Keywords

Disablement: It is the reduction in the earning capacity of the workmen.
Employee: It refers to any person employed on wages to work in factory or establishment.
ESIC: Employees State Insurance Corporation.

Occupational disease: Diseases or illness resulting from exposure to certain aspects of the
working environment.
Principle of added peril: It comes into play only when the workman is at the time of meeting the
accident performing his duty.
Self-inflicted Injury: An injury caused by accident which could have been anticipated or foreseen
or negligently by the workman himself does not make the master liable.

Social security: The protection given by the societal laws to its members against contingencies
of life like sickness, accidents, etc.
Wages: All the remunerations paid in cash on the fulfillment of the terms of the contract.

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