15 June, 2010

Legal Highlights-May 2010:::::Work Man, Recovery from Employer, Employment Injury

Contributed by Team Legal Point Foundation

Case 1 Work Man

  • Workman-Who is
  • Temporary employee had worked for more than 240 days in each year
  • Same was not seriously challenged before Court
  • Employee falls with in ambit of term ‘workman’ in Section 2 (s) of Industrial Dispute Act
  • Employee having worked for requisite period stipulated in relevant sections
  • The workman is entitled to protection of Section 25 F
  • Termination not proper

Case 2 Recovery from employer

  • Duty of Labour Court
  • Employee claiming wages at overtime rate for work done by them on holidays
  • They did not give any evidence
  • By itself not sufficient to refuse benefit
  • When fact that they work on holidays was admitted
  • Labour Court is required to compute benefit and determine amount payable to employees by directing employer to produce necessary records


Case 3 Employment Injury(Employees State Insurance Act)

  • Employment Injury-What constitutes husband of claimant working as night watchmen in Cinema Theater
  • He was murdered by some unknown person while performing duties
  • His dead body found at workplace during duty hours
  • Murder of deceased employee is covered by definition of ‘employment injury’ U/S Section 2 (8)
  • Presumption as accident arising in course of employment provided U/S 51 A-is applicable


Case 4 Employment Injury

  • What constitutes Suicide of employee owing to depressive neurosis consequent on employment injury sustained by him
  • Would furnish cause of action for his dependents to make claim for dependents’ benefits U/S 52
  • Plea that suicide is an offence of no consequence.

For any query:- legalbuddy@gmail.com



No comments: