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Recommendation on contract labour

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NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour has recommended including contract workers, who had completed five years of service, within the purview of the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2007.

In a report tabled in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the committee said that it found that the contract labour system was prevalent virtually in every organisation of the government but the contract workers were being denied their basic rights, including minimum wages, working conditions, social security, and continuity of service.

The panel strongly felt that the genuine rights and interests of the contract labour should not continue to suffer and the government should not only make an overall assessment of the contract labour system but also review the systemic flaws and carry out the possible reforms in the legislation.

It also suggested that definition of the “employee” as proposed in the amendments should be unambiguous, encompassing clearly the targeted groups.

The committee said the government should do away with the ceiling of 10 or more persons and the gratuity should be payable to all, irrespective of the number of persons employed.

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