Navigating Compliance: Should We Follow the Labour Officer's Advice on Registers?

Dear All,

I am working in the construction industry, and we have a Contract Labour License & BOCW License. We are maintaining all registers under CLA (Central Rules) & BOCW Act. However, the Labour Enforcement Officer wants registers under the Minimum Wages Act 1950, and according to him, there is no need to maintain all forms and registers under both acts.

Kindly suggest, can we maintain the forms & registers under the Minimum Wages Act as directed by the LEO?

Regards,
Alok

Dear Member, Welcome to CiteHR. First, examine which is the appropriate Government authority in your case and then go through the notification issued by the Government for workers employed in the scheduled employment as mentioned by you. You can also approach your local labor office to obtain this information.

R.N.KHOLA

Dear Alok,

At times, we face difficulty in deciding when two or more labor enactments are applicable to maintain the same register(s), especially when none of the Acts state that we are exempted from maintaining that register in other enactments. In your case, as per your brief, you are covered under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, and the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996.

Upon reviewing The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules, 1971, we found that Rule 78(d) states that if an establishment is covered under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, and the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, along with the rules made thereunder, then muster roll, register of wages, deductions, overtime, fines, advances, and wage slips maintained under those Acts shall be considered to be maintained under this Act and its rules. For more details, you may refer to Rule 78(d) of the central rules.

Opinions/comments submitted as requested.

Regards,
R.N. KHOLA

Please let me know under which section of the CL Act we can maintain the combined registers.

Regards,
Ramkumar

Here is a Circular on Online Maintenance of Labour Records. You may read and decide at http://labour.gov.in/sites/default/f...mpliance_0.pdf

Regards,