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Consider the following for Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
1. The employer needs to pay his workers equal pay irrespective of their genders for performing the same work or work of a similar nature.
2. Only labour officer has the right of hearing for deciding complaints with regard to claims arising out of non-payment of wages at equal rates to men and women workers for the same work or work of a similar nature.
3. The employer cannot discriminate between men and women workers while recruiting them for the same work or work of a similar nature.
Which of the following statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following for Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
1. The employer needs to pay his workers equal pay irrespective of their genders for performing the same work or work of a similar nature.
2. Only labour officer has the right of hearing for deciding complaints with regard to claims arising out of non-payment of wages at equal rates to men and women workers for the same work or work of a similar nature.
3. The employer cannot discriminate between men and women workers while recruiting them for the same work or work of a similar nature.
Which of the following statement given above is/are correct? Correct Answer Both 1 and 3

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Which of the following statements are true relating to payment of equal pay for equal work both for men and women?
1. ILO adopted equal remuneration Convention No. 100 in 1951.
2. India ratified ILO's Equal Remuneration Convention No. 100 in the year 1956.
3. Provisions relating to equal pay for equal work for both men and women are provided under Article 42 of the Indian Constitution.
4. The Equal Remuneration Ordinance was promulgated on 26th September, 1975.
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this Act, works overtime, the employer need not pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Act, works for a less number of hours than the requisite number of hours on a given day, he shall be entitled to receive wages in respect ofwork done by him on that day as ifhe had worked for a full normal working day.
3. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the basis of pieces involved.
4. If an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been fixed under this Act, the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum time rate.
Who among the following can be appointed as the authority to hear and decide any claims arising out of deductions form wages or delay in payment of wages under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936?
1. Any Commissioner for Employees Compensation Act
2. Any regional labour commissioner appointed by the Central Government
3. Any assistant labour commissioner appointed by the Central Government
4. Any assistant labour commissioner appointed by the State Government with atleast two years of experinece.
5. A Judge of a Civil Court.
Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Principle of adequacy of wages state that workers have right to fair wages.
2. Education and training, housing, and food are the three most important aspects of labour welfare.
3. The organisation needs to take care that all the labour welfare measures are uniformly accepted across all the levels of hierarchy.
4. It is the duty of industry to fulfill the unmet needs of the workers and it isthe right of workers to decide the manner in which these needs can be met.
Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 13 of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, the Central Government came out with the rules.
2. The claims for the complaints with regard to the contravention of any provision of the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 need to be made in triplicate in the Form A to the authority.
3. Every employee is entitled to payment of bonus if he has worked in the establishment for not less than twenty working days in that year.
4. Payment of Bonus Act is applicable to ever establishment in which thirty or more persons are employed on any day during an accounting year.
Which of the following statements are true/ false?
1. With the decrease in wages, the opportunity cost of leisure decreases.
2. An income effect is associated with lower wages.
3. The market demand curve for a particular type of labour is the horizontal summation of the marginal revenue product of labour curves of every firm in the market for that type of labour.
4. The market supply of labour is the number of workers of a particular type and skill level who are willing to supply their labour to firm at different wages.
Which of the following is correct in context of Minimum Wages Act, 1948?
1. In case an employee whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this act, works overtime, the employer is bound to pay the money for the extra hours devoted by the employee.
2. In case an employee is involved in two or more classes of work, he shall be paid on the piece basis.
3. If an employee is employed on piece work for which minimum time rate and not a minimum piece rate has been fixed under this act, the employer shall pay to such employee wages at not less than the minimum time rate.
What is correct about Panchayat election? i. There is one district election officer. ii. There are one or more returning officers. iii. State election commission appoints returning officer. iv. With the consent of commission District Election Officer can appoint returning officer. v. Naib Tahsildar may be returning officer for Janpad Panchayat.  vi. Naib Tahsildar may be returning officer for Gram Panchayat. vii. Naib Tahsildar may be returning officer for Zilla Panchayat. viii. District election officer himself only returning officer.
In the following question, the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/ passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct. 1.  Women CEOs face more negative backlash over ethics violations compared to male leaders. P. Thus men are considered more culpable in business failings, and that women are more nurturing than men, which makes them more at fault in actions that harm or disappoint others. Q. The findings expose some of society’s most rigidly ingrained stereotypes — that men are more competent than women. R. By contrast, the study also found a reverse gender bias in the public’s perception of business leadership: women leaders faced less flack for failures of competence than men. S. The findings are part of a broader slew of recent research focused both on evaluating the performance of male versus female business leaders (women tend to come out on top), as well as the public perception of male leaders v/s female leaders. 6. Perhaps, slowly, we’re realizing men should be as responsible for ethical conduct as women — which means we may not be far off from considering women just as competent as men. 
Under the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, who among the following cannot be appointed as the authority by the appropriate government to hear and decide claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexacious claims?