UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — PROVISIONS FOR WORKERS IN LABOUR CODES
Q1. The Trade Unions Act, 1926 has been subsumed into which one of the following Labour Codes?
- A. Code on Wages, 2019
- B. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- C. Code on Social Security, 2020
- D. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Q2. Among the four Labour Codes, which one subsumes the largest number of pre-existing central labour laws?
- A. Code on Wages, 2019
- B. Code on Social Security, 2020
- C. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
- D. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Q3. With effect from which one of the following dates were all four Labour Codes brought into force across India?
- A. 28 September 2020
- B. 21 November 2020
- C. 1 April 2025
- D. 21 November 2025
Q4. In the evolution of the four Labour Codes, which one was the first to be enacted by Parliament, ahead of the other three?
- A. Code on Wages, 2019
- B. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- C. Code on Social Security, 2020
- D. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Q5. Which one of the four Labour Codes was the first to provide a statutory definition of the terms 'gig worker' and 'platform worker'?
- A. Code on Wages, 2019
- B. Industrial Relations Code, 2020
- C. Code on Social Security, 2020
- D. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
Q6. With reference to the treatment of gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, consider the following statements:
1. An aggregator's contribution to the Social Security Fund is to be at a rate between 1% and 2% of its annual turnover.
2. Such aggregator contribution cannot exceed 5% of the amount paid or payable by the aggregator to gig and platform workers.
3. Gig and platform workers are made eligible only for pension benefits and are excluded from accident insurance and maternity benefits.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- An aggregator's contribution to the Social Security Fund is to be at a rate between 1% and 2% of its annual turnover.
- Such aggregator contribution cannot exceed 5% of the amount paid or payable by the aggregator to gig and platform workers.
- Gig and platform workers are made eligible only for pension benefits and are excluded from accident insurance and maternity benefits.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q7. Which of the following Acts is/are correctly identified as having been subsumed by the Code on Wages, 2019?
1. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
2. Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
3. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
4. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Minimum Wages Act, 1948
- Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
- Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
- Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 1, 2 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q8. The Code on Wages, 2019, along with the other three Labour Codes, is implemented at the Union level by which one of the following Ministries?
- A. Ministry of Labour & Employment
- B. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- C. Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Q9. With reference to changes introduced by the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 compared to the earlier legal regime, consider the following statements:
1. The threshold for applicability of standing orders was raised to establishments employing 300 or more workers.
2. Prior government permission for lay-off, retrenchment or closure now applies to establishments with 300 or more workers, up from 100.
3. The Code introduced 'fixed-term employment', the terms of which are administered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The threshold for applicability of standing orders was raised to establishments employing 300 or more workers.
- Prior government permission for lay-off, retrenchment or closure now applies to establishments with 300 or more workers, up from 100.
- The Code introduced 'fixed-term employment', the terms of which are administered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q10. With reference to the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, consider the following statements:
1. The threshold for the provisions regulating contract labour was raised from 20 to 50 workers.
2. Women may be employed between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. with their consent, subject to safety conditions.
3. Inter-state migrant workers may register on a portal on the basis of self-declaration and Aadhaar.
4. The Code subsumes the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- The threshold for the provisions regulating contract labour was raised from 20 to 50 workers.
- Women may be employed between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. with their consent, subject to safety conditions.
- Inter-state migrant workers may register on a portal on the basis of self-declaration and Aadhaar.
- The Code subsumes the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 3 only
- C. 4 only
- D. 2 and 4 only
Q11. The consolidation of India's central labour laws into a small number of broad Codes is primarily traced to the recommendations of which one of the following?
- A. First National Commission on Labour (1969)
- B. Second National Commission on Labour (2002)
- C. National Labour Institute
- D. NITI Aayog