Are Long-term Daily Wage Workers Entitled to Benefits Like Days Off? Seeking Advice

Dear All, Need your help. We have a job contractor who engages carpenters on daily wages, but in my company, he has engaged carpenters who have been working at our premises for more than 15 years. He is just paying them a salary as daily wages and now not providing them with any facilities like days off, etc., as he views them as daily wage workers. Upon reviewing their attendance records, I have observed that they are working for 30-31 days under the vendor with no days off. My question is, is there any provision in the law that entitles employees working on daily wages to days off? Considering they have been working for years under the same vendor, can we still classify them as daily wage earners, or have they now become permanent employees who are eligible for various benefits from the vendor? Please advise.

Regards, Ranjeet

Dear Sir, Please could you confirm whether the records of attendance and payment of wages for the carpenter in question are being maintained by the company or by the job contractor? If the records are being maintained by the job contractor, how does the company ensure accuracy regarding the period and attendance of the said carpenter?

Additionally, are there any written terms and conditions outlining the engagement of contractor employees with the job contractor?

Thank you.

Dear Harsh, Please find below responses to your queries:

1. Attendance and payment records are maintained by the contractor.
2. Once you are in the system, you start to get to know the people. One of the carpenters came to me with his issues, noting the fact that some of them have been working for years now.
3. I guess it's not that the job contractor has issued them any appointment letter.

Regards, Ranjeet