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1. Course Description:
The Indian social security system provides retirement and insurance benefits to employees working in factories or other establishments covered by the system, in India. The system is both contributory and non-contributory and seeks to protect a certain type of employees against loss of employment or destitution. This course discusses the entire gamut of laws pertaining to social security, particularly applicable to organised sector.

2. Student Learning Outcomes:

The course will empower the students with knowledge base and skill-sets:
# Develop conceptual perspective on legal aspect of social security as a tool of HRM
# Understand the key provisions of social security legislation which affect businesses.
#Be able to apply the concepts to hypothetical problems.

3. Recommended Text-Book & Reading Materials:

# Taxman- Labour & Industrial Law- Latest Edition

# Reading materials and Case commentaries, as per requirement, will be made available from time to time.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number*	Topics	Reading Materials/Case Commentaries
1	Introduction	Faculty Handout
2-5	Payment of Gratuity Act	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
6-10	Employees Provident Fund & Miscellaneous Provisions Act Over view of NPS	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
11-14	The Employees State Insurance Act,1948	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
15-19	Employees Compensation Act 1923	Recommended Text/Faculty Handout/Case Commentaries
20	Basic overview of Software’s relating to the Acts	Internet

*Number of sessions is indicative and subject to change at the discretion of the faculty.


5. Evaluation:

Serial No	Type of evaluation	Marks
1	QUIZ	10
2	Midterm	30
3	Assignments	10
4	Class Participations	10
5	End-term Examination	40

6. Academic Integrity:
Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is destructive to the values of the University, and risks harming the University’s reputation as place of learning and innovation. Therefore any form of academic dishonesty would be visited by strongest possible retribution including expulsion from the program or any other punishment, as deemed fit.

On line faculty help would be available from time to time. Individual consultations with the faculty can be arranged with prior appointment.

Created By: Bijoy Kar on 01/03/2017 at 12:31 PM
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