Deck 4: Employment Law and Labor Legislation in India and Internationally

Question 1

An appeal from an Employment Tribunal decision is initially heard by:

A)The Court of Appeal
B)Another Employment Tribunal
C)The county court
D)The Employment Appeal Tribunal

Answer 1

The Employment Appeal Tribunal

Question 2

An appeal can be made from a decision of an Employment Tribunal if:

A)On any reasonable ground
B)If an employment judge agrees to it
C)If a party objects to a finding of fact
D)There is a point of law involved

Answer 2

There is a point of law involved

Question 3

ACAS Codes of Practice:

A)Can be directly enforced as legally binding sources of law
B)Only take effect if approved by the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal
C)Have the same legal status as guidance notes
D)Must be taken into account in relevant legal proceedings

Answer 3

Must be taken into account in relevant legal proceedings

Question 4

Statutory instruments:

A)Are only used in relation to EU Law
B)Are approved by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
C)Are not binding on employment tribunals
D)Have the same legal force as statutes

Question 5

In relation to EU law, UK tribunals and courts can refer cases to:

A)The European Commission
B)The Council of the European Union
C)The European Court of Human Rights
D)The Court of Justice of the European Union

Question 6

In ordinary unfair dismissal cases (i.e. where discrimination is not alleged) the final appeal court is:

A)The Court of Justice of the European Union
B)The Supreme Court
C)The Employment Appeal Tribunal
D)The Court of Appeal

Question 7

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service:

A)Is an independent publicly funded body
B)Is a body established by the European Commission
C)Is a body of politicians with human resource management expertise
D)Is a government department

Question 8

First National Commission on Labour (NCL) submitted its report in the year:

A)1969
B)1958
C)1999
D)1947

Question 9

Second National Commission on Labour (NCL) submitted its report in which year and under whose chairmanship?

A)1999, Ravindra Varma
B)2000, Ravindra Varma
C)1998, B.P. Wadia
D)None of the above

Question 10

International norms

A)can become institutionalized through international organizations.
B)rarely gain legitimacy in the absence of a world government.
C)create common ideas and cultural attitudes across countries.
D)were established after World War II by the United Nations.

Question 11

Which of the following is a source of international law?

A)national laws reviewed by the World Court
B)international custom
C)decisions of the United States Supreme Court
D)All these answers are correct.

Question 12

The International Labor Organization is headquartered in

A)Vienna, Australia
B)Geneva, Switzerland
C)Berlin, Germany
D)Rome, Italy

Question 13

The International Labor Organization is agency of

A)IBRD
B)Un Security Council
C)International Fund for Agricultural Development
D)United Nations

Question 14

The International Labor Organization was formulated in

A)1925
B)1939
C)1919
D)1929

Question 15

The International Labor Organization received Nobel Peace Prize in

A)1965
B)1969
C)1959
D)1949

Question 16

Which of the following is not a strategic objective of decent work as defined by the International Labour Organization?

A)Promotion of rights at work
B)Employment
C)Social Protection
D)None of the Above

Question 17

Full form of ILO is

A)International Labour Organization
B)Indian Labour Organization
C)International Law Organization
D)International Literary Organization

Question 18

The permanent secretariat of ILO is located in

A)Geneva,Switzerland
B)Sydney, Australia
C)New York, United States
D)London, United Kingdom

Question 19

Which of the following statement is correct?

A)ILO Recommendations are binding obligations on countries that ratify them.
B)ILO Conventions are non binding obligations on countries that ratify them.
C)ILO Conventions are legally binding obligations on countries that ratify them.
D)None of the above is correct

Question 20

What three considerations of the guidelines that must be followed by multinational corporations if neither home country nor host country provide complete guidance?

A)Human rights, ownership, justice
B)Human rights, welfare, justice
C)Subsistence, ownership, justice
D)Freedom, welfare, subsistence

Question 21

Which of the following cannot be said to be a factor influencing the growth of Labour Legislations in India?

A)Rise of Trade Unions
B)International Labour Organization
C)Growth of Humanitarianism
D)Caste System in India

Question 22

Which one of the following recommended enactment of a wage legislation in India in order to rectify the problems relating to payment of wages of industrial workers?

A)National Commission on Labour
B)Royal Commission on Labour
C)Labour Investigation Committee
D)Adarkar Committee

Question 23

Which one of the following is not a type of labour administration machinery in India?

A)Central Implementation Machinery
B)Industrial Implementation Machinery
C)State Implementation Machinery
D)Regional Implementation Machinery

Question 24

Which of the following statements is not correct?

A)India has ratified more than eighty Conventions of I.L.O.
B)Trade Unions Act of 1926 is based on I.L.O. Convention number 87 called Freedom of Association.
C)I.L.O. is a tripartite body.
D)Governing Body is an organ of I.L.O.

Question 25

Under which of the following categories the Shops and Commercial Establishment Legislations can be included?

A)Wage Legislations
B)Social Security Legislations
C)Working Conditions Legislations
D)Welfare Legislations

Question 26

From which of the following, representatives are not taken in tripartite bodies in India?

A)Management
B)Labour/Trade Unions
C)Government
D)I.L.O.

Question 27

Who was the Chairman of the National Commission on Rural Labour?

A)Ravindra Verma
B)H. Hanumantappa
C)G. Ramanujam
D)V.B. John

Question 28

Who among the following advocated the principles of Labour Legislation?

A)Dankert
B)V.V. Giri
C)R.K. Dash
D)S.D. Punekar

Question 29

Which of the following is not a regulative type of labour legislation?

A)Trade Unions Act, 1926
B)Factories Act, 1948
C)Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
D)Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

Question 30

Which of the following is not a labour legislation?

A)Factories Act
B)Minimum Wages Act
C)Untouchability Abolition Act
D)Equal Remuneration Act

Question 31

In which year the two consultative machinery Indian Labour Conference and Standing Labour Committee were constituted in India?

A)1941
B)1942
C)1947
D)1951

Question 32

The structure of I.L.O. includes

A)an International Labour Conference
B)a Governing Body
C)an International Labour Office
D)All the above

Question 33

The basic postulates on which the ILO standards lie are

A)Labour is not a commodity
B)Freedom of expression and of association are essential to sustained progress
C)Poverty anywhere constitutes danger to prosperity everywhere
D)All the above

Question 34

The International Organization of Employer's (I.O.E) with headquarters in Genevas was formulated in

A)1910
B)1920
C)1930
D)1940

Question 35

The code of discipline in industry was adopted by the Indian labourconference (tripantite) in

A)1948
B)1958
C)1968
D)1950

Question 36

The constitution of India upholds the principle 'Freedom of Association' as a fundamental right enunciated by I. L. O. convention in

A)Article 20(C)
B)Article 19(C)
C)Article 24(C)
D)Article 18(C)

Question 37

The ongoing globalization in the country needs reforms in our labour laws. Which of the following forces oppose changes in the existing labour legislations?

A)Government
B)Labour and Trade Unions
C)Employers' Associations
D)Human Rights' Commission

Question 38

In USA collective bargaining mostly takes place at the

A)Industrial level
B)Regional level
C)National level
D)Enterprise level

Question 39

In which among the following countries Productivity Bargaining was first used?

A)USA
B)India
C)U.K.
D)Germany

Question 40

The purpose of granting recognition to trade unions in USA by NLRB is to

A)send representatives to I.L.O.
B)to participate in Government Bodies
C)(to raise labour disputes
D)to be accepted by Management for Collective Bargaining purposes

Question 41

The recent Industrial Relations problem at Maruti Udyog Ltd. at its Manesar Plant was concerned with

A)Permanent workers
B)Contract labour
C)Displaced persons
D)None of the above

Question 42

Which of the following statements is not correct in the light of present Industrial Relations scenario in India?

A)Number of strikes is declining
B)Rate of unionism is increasing
C)Number of Lockouts is higher than the number of strikes
D)Wages are revising