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.
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