Question

Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition Act), 1970 can be classified into the category _____
a. Social Security
b. Industrial Relations Act
c. Labour Welfare Act
d. Commercial Act

Answer 1

Hint:
Social Protection is a holistic strategy aimed at preventing homelessness, providing the person with a basic minimum income for himself and his dependents, and shielding the person from any uncertainties.

Complete solution:
On 5 September1970, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) 1970 came into effect. It can be grouped under the Labour Welfare Act group. It is a statute passed in order to regulate and discourage the abuse of contract labour in some establishments.

An Act to govern the recruitment of contract labour in certain institutions and to ensure the elimination of contract labour in certain situations and in related matters.

In the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India, Parliament shall pass the following:

- The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 can be referred to as this Act.
- It refers to India as a whole.
- It shall enter into force on such a date as may be appointed by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, and various dates may be appointed for the various provisions of this Act.
- Applicable-
a. To any institution in which, on any day of the preceding twelve months, twenty or more workers, artists or artists were working as contract labour.
b. To any contractor hiring or employing twenty or more employees on any day during the preceding twelve months.

Given that after giving no less than two months' notice of its intention to do so the competent government may by notification in the Official Gazette, extend the provisions of this Act to any establishment or contractor employing less than twenty employees, as may be stated in the notification.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
In Section 2(n) of the Factories Act, 1948, the word 'Occupier' was described as:
A factory's 'occupier' means the person who has absolute power over the factory's affairs, and where those affairs are entrusted to a managing agent, that agent is known to be the factory's occupier.
- In a mine, the mine owner or agent and where an individual has been appointed as the mine manager, the person so called,
- Any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment in any other establishment.