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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment
07-August-2013 14:29 IST
Regularisation of Contract Workers
Under the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, both Central and State Governments are the ‘Appropriate Government’. The estimated number of contract labourers, engaged by licensed contractors all over India in Central Sphere is 18.44 lakhs.
As per Rule 25(2) of 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 workers 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 case of complaints, field offices of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) Organization investigate and take action. 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.
There is no provision of regularisation under the Contract Labour (Regulation& Abolition) Act, 1970 and, therefore, there is no proposal to regularise the contract workers.
This information was given by Minister of State for Labour & Employment Shri Kodikunnil Suresh in the Lok Sabha today in reply to a written question.
COMMENTS
Whenever there is lack of empathy in cases of medical practice especially those based in peripheral hospitals it usually is because of negligence or loss of interest on behalf of the doctor in attending and it is most probably due to the fact that he or she has not been given due preference towards regularization of their jobs and are probably under the constant fear that they might loose their jobs, this work pressure needs to be eliminated and that is only by giving them a permanent sense of responsibility i,e by regularizing their jobs and providing them with a better and secure future.
Nowadays we see a lack of empathy in the peripheral hospitals because patients are left to the mercy of outsourcing agents and astonishingly increased number of referrals to other hospitals,the administration doesn't take enough care in'spite of having the requisite number of specialists and they don't allow juniors to take the responsibility regularly ,i believe that if contractual medical practitioners are given and adequate chance they could do justice to their respective proffession , therefore one needs to give a second thought to regularization and raising the overall standard of medical care in this country
important posts like medical doctor jobs must get there due consideration because regularization in this kind of occupation pays off by the accumulation of experience and skill, if continuity is not maintained then the consequences can be damaging like loss of trust in patient doctor relationships and lack of specialized skill, hence in this age when so much of emphasis is given towards continuing medical educations why not regularize medical jobs and allow the society to develop as a whole,.Henceforth past government schemes like contract jobs and outsourcing must be abolished and all jobs should be considered on a single platform for uniform growth and integrity.