IMPLEMENTATION OF EQUAL WAGES TO CONTRACT WORKERS WORKING IN
PERMANENT JOB
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND
EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1820
ANSWERED ON-13.03.2013
Implementation of equal wages to contract workers working in
permanent job
1820 . SHRI RAMACHANDRA KHUNTIA
(a)whether the Ministry is considering the proposal of equal wages
to contract workers working in permanent job;
(b)if so, by
when this proposal is going to be implemented by Government; and
(c)whether it is
a fact that in other developed countries like USA, UK and Japan, the contract
labour doing the equal job of regular employees even same time get more money
per hour a day?
ANSWER
(SHRI KODIKUNNIL
SURESH)
(a) & (b): Provisions already exist under the Contract Labour
(Regulation & Abolition) Central Rules, 1971 under Rule 25 (2) (v) (a) that
in cases where the workmen employed by the contractor 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 etc. shall be the
same as applicable to the workmen directly employed by the principal employer
of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work.
(c): The wage rates of the contract workers in India are regulated
as per the provisions of Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Central
Rules, 1971 irrespective of the fact as to how the wages of the contract
workers are fixed in developed countries.
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