Does Our Parking Management Deal Fall Under the Contract Labour Act? Seeking Clarity

Principal Employer & Contractor Relationship in Real Estate

We are a real estate company. In one of our commercial properties, the management of the parking area has been allotted to a vendor/party on a revenue-sharing basis. For example, we have made an agreement with the party that they will manage the parking zone. They will appoint a specific number of people and will pay us a fixed amount on a monthly basis.

My question is whether such a relationship between us and the said party falls under the Principal Employer & Contractor relationship and thus comes under the compliance of the Contract Act?

Regards,
DG

Definition of Workman under CLRA

The definition of "workman" under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act (CLRA) is broad:

- "Workman" means any person employed in or in connection with the work of any establishment to do any skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled manual, supervisory, or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or implied. However, it does not include any such person:
- (A) who is employed mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity; or
- (B) who, being employed in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding five hundred rupees per mensem or exercises, either by the nature of the duties attached to the office or by reason of the powers vested in him, functions mainly of a managerial nature; or
- (C) who is an out-worker, that is to say, a person to whom any articles or materials are given out by or on behalf of the principal employer to be made up, cleaned, washed, altered, ornamented, finished, repaired, adapted, or otherwise processed for sale for the purposes of the trade or business of the principal employer, and the process is to be carried out either in the home of the out-worker or in some other premises, not being premises under the control and management of the principal employer.

Definition of Establishment

"Establishment" is defined as:

- (i) any office or department of the Government or a local authority, or
- (ii) any place where any industry, trade, business, manufacture, or occupation is carried on.

Even if you consider the agency to be an independent contractor, you need to check and insist on all statutory compliances. As long as the agency is compliant, even if there is any issue, you can tackle it boldly.

Regards,
rajanlawfirm

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