Contract Labour Laws

Annual Survey of Industries shows 10th straight year of increase

During 2019-20, Parliament consolidated 29 labour laws into four codes - Code on Wages; Code on Social Security; Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code; and Industrial Relations Code

Experts have stated that non-compete obligations are valid only during employment and cannot hinder an employee from joining a competitor post-employment

The Alphabet Workers Union accused the internet giant of violating federal labor law, which prohibits retaliation against employees for organizing

In a Q&A, the Labour and Employment Minister says Removal of rigidity in labour laws, reducing compliance levels would stimulate setting up larger industries generate employment

The codes envisage setting up of a social security fund for 400 million unorganised workers along with the GIG and platform workers

Contract workers are outside the purview of retrenchment or layoff and trade union laws, making such arrangements attractive to businesses.

Companies may look to terminate the contract of workers 'on the pretext' of the Covid-19 or may force their employees to go on leave without pay

Currently, workers are not entitled to gratuity before completing five years of continuous service, according to the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

The Union government is holding a discussion on Tuesday on a change to the contract labour law, aimed at giving a freer hand in hiring such labour for ancillary businesses and non-core activities.The proposed law also has provisions to bring information technology (IT) entities which outsource their jobs out of the ambit of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act. The government has proposed amending Section 10 of the Act to distinguish the nature of work performed by an establishment, based on core and non-core activities, irrespective of whether the work is season or through the year. The government has defined core business as the "main activity of an establishment", other than "ancillary" activities.Present law empowers state or central governments to prohibit hiring of contract labour, after considering their employment conditions in an establishment, with various other factors. The law suggests an entity cannot hire contract workers in jobs that are perennial in ...

Industry wants simplification of the Act for easy compliance; register staffing firms to weed out fly-by-night operators