Equal pay for Equal Work for Casual workers: Compliance with earlier instructions and Hon’ble Court’s Judgements thereon

Subject : ‘Equal pay for Equal Work’ for Casual workers : Compliance with earlier instructions and Hon’ble Court’s Judgements thereon

• Where the nature of work entrusted to the casual workers and regular employees is the same, the casual workers may be paid at the rate of 1/30th of the pay at the minimum of the relevant pay scale plus dearness allowance for work of 8 hours a day.
• In cases where the work done by a casual worker is different from the work done by a regular employee, the casual worker may be paid only the minimum wages notified by the Ministry of Labour & Employment or the State Government / Union Territory Administration, whichever is higher, as per the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
• Persons on daily wages (casual workers) should not be recruited for work of regular nature.