The Contract Labour are engaged in the industrial sector by the Government and Private establishments as per their terms of contract and requirement and no centralized data is maintained. However, the estimated number of contract labour engaged by licenced contractors in central sphere including the industrial sector in the last three years is as under:
|
Year
|
No. of contract
labour covered by such licences
|
|
2009-10
|
13.73lakhs
|
|
2010-11
|
14.89 lakhs
|
|
2011-12*
|
13.07 lakhs
|
* Provisional
Engagement
of contract labourers is regulated
under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, As far as the security in term of
wages and other service conditions is concerned, as per the
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Central Rules, 1971 , the
wages of the contract labour shall not be less than the rates prescribed
under Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and in
cases where the contract worker
perform the same or similar kind of work
as the workmen directly employed by the
principal employer of the establishment, the wage rates, holidays , hours of
work and other conditions of service
shall be the same as applicable to the workmen directly employed by the
principal employer doing the same or similar kind of work. The liability to ensure payment of wages
and other benefits is primarily that of the contractor and, in case of default,
that of the principal employer.
In the central sphere, the
Complaints are received in the field offices of Chief Labour Commissioner(Central)
Organization under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970,
Minimum Wages Act, 1948 and by other
laws applicable on contract labour which are investigated and action is taken.
Social security aspects of contract workers under Employees Provident Fund and
Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952 and Employees State Insurance Act 1948 are
enforced by the Employees Provident Fund organization and Employees State
Insurance Corporation respectively provided the establishments in which
outsourced workers are working are covered under the said Acts. Central Government hasalso prohibited
employment of contract labour in various establishments in central sphere
through 84 Notifications issued from time to time under the Contract Labour
(Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970. To safeguard the interests of the
contract labour further in term of wages and social security, a proposal to
amend the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 is under
consideration of the Government.
The
Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this
information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha
today.
Source : PIB, August
22, 2012
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