Explain the purpose and main features of the Payment of Gratuity Act and the Maternity Benefits Ordinance.
How to lay out the answer. Follow the frame, then write it in your own words.
1 · Open in two lines. Both laws protect workers at key moments: the end of a long career, and childbirth.
2 · Gratuity: purpose and coverage. 1983 Act; reward for long service; covered employers and workmen with the minimum service.
3 · Gratuity: main features.
Payable on termination by any means.
Based on last wage and completed years.
Paid within the set time; recovery by the Commissioner General of Labour.
4 · Maternity: purpose and coverage. 1939 Ordinance; women workers; shop and office staff covered by their own Act.
5 · Maternity: main features. Paid leave, maternity benefit, no work after confinement for a set period, nursing intervals, no dismissal for pregnancy.
6 · In Sri Lankan business. Gratuity shown under LKAS 19; garment factories planning for maternity leave.
7 · Close in one line. These laws turn fair treatment of workers into a legal duty.
Scoring tip: Describe the features; leave out numbers you are not sure of. Structure earns the marks.
