HR Indya

A renowned Advocate from an established Lawyer Firm shattered this assumption: The primary responsibility of payment of ESI and EPF contributions of the Contract Workers lies with the Contractor and the Principal Employer was only to ensure compliance by the Contractor.
It took sometime of convincing by the Advocate with facts laid down before me, that [...]

The Union Cabinet has approved a health insurance scheme under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) for domestic workers in the country. The insurance is intended to provide cashless smart-card health insurance of upto Rs. 30,000 annually. Around 47.50 lakh domestic workers are engaged in India and this scheme will benefit all those under the [...]

An article in The Economic Times made some interesting revelations on the outcome of Govt study regarding extent of Contract Labour engagement. The government was contemplating amending the Contract Labour Act whereby including provisions in the Act that would make it mandatory for Principal Employers to ensure that Contract Workers are also paid wages equal [...]

Kerala is heading towards its worst form of militant labour – Nokku Kooli.
This incident took shamelessness to its height – The incident took place in Adoor a small town in Kerala. Surendran was purchasing large teak wood pieces for construction of his house. The wooden blocks were placed on to a truck [...]

After we heard of the move of the Govt to amend Contract Labour Act to bring Contract Labour at par with the permanent work force, they now intend to ask Companies to disclose data regarding the number of workers engaged and the minimum wages paid. This is to check if companies are treating their contract [...]

Living up to its populist image and with an attempt to surge industrial growth the Govt looks at amending the  Contract Labour Act of 1970. The intended change is to bring the salaries of the contract labour at par with those of the permanent workmen of the respective Company. This amendment further suggest to give [...]