Dear All
Contract Labour (R & A) Act is applicable to the place where any Industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on. In other words the Act has been extended to Industries covered under the Factories Act, Shops & Establishments Act, Mines Act and Plantation Act. Will the Act be applicable where totally agricultural activities are carried on ?. There are thousands of contract workers working in the sugar cane fields - especially cutting and transporting the sugar cane to the Sugar mills. While Minimum wages are notified by some State Govts, agricultural activity has not been declared as an Industry so far. What are the labour laws applicable for the lakhs of contract workers mostly engaged in the agricultural activities ?. I request veterens in the labour law profession to clarify the legal position.
N Nataraajhan, Sakthi Management Services
Contract Labour (R & A) Act is applicable to the place where any Industry, trade, business, manufacture or occupation is carried on. In other words the Act has been extended to Industries covered under the Factories Act, Shops & Establishments Act, Mines Act and Plantation Act. Will the Act be applicable where totally agricultural activities are carried on ?. There are thousands of contract workers working in the sugar cane fields - especially cutting and transporting the sugar cane to the Sugar mills. While Minimum wages are notified by some State Govts, agricultural activity has not been declared as an Industry so far. What are the labour laws applicable for the lakhs of contract workers mostly engaged in the agricultural activities ?. I request veterens in the labour law profession to clarify the legal position.
N Nataraajhan, Sakthi Management Services