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Latest and Very important news article clipping on ESI to construction workers:
Dated: 17.07.2015
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will cover the construction workers to enable them to avail benefits of medical care as well as a range of cash benefits in times of exigencies of injury, death, disablement, maternity and unemployment.
The construction workers are considered to be part of unorganised sector, but keeping in view, the fact that they are highly prone to accidents and sickness, the Central Government has decided to go ahead in extending the coverage of ESICs social security to them, an official statement said here today.
Construction activity has been covered by the ESIC under Sec.1(5), treating them as commercial establishment. The coverage under ESIC to a construction unit will be extended u/s 2(12) also, if, in any part of the construction unit, manufacturing process, as defined under Factory Act, is carried on.
Now, the Corporation is going ahead with coverage of construction workers.
It may also be noted that the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Government in Delhi, as well as Karnataka Government, have earlier requested ESIC for an extension of its coverage to construction workers.UNI VV KVV AK 1620.
Latest and Very important news article clipping on ESI to construction workers:
Dated: 17.07.2015
Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will cover the construction workers to enable them to avail benefits of medical care as well as a range of cash benefits in times of exigencies of injury, death, disablement, maternity and unemployment.
The construction workers are considered to be part of unorganised sector, but keeping in view, the fact that they are highly prone to accidents and sickness, the Central Government has decided to go ahead in extending the coverage of ESICs social security to them, an official statement said here today.
Construction activity has been covered by the ESIC under Sec.1(5), treating them as commercial establishment. The coverage under ESIC to a construction unit will be extended u/s 2(12) also, if, in any part of the construction unit, manufacturing process, as defined under Factory Act, is carried on.
Now, the Corporation is going ahead with coverage of construction workers.
It may also be noted that the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Government in Delhi, as well as Karnataka Government, have earlier requested ESIC for an extension of its coverage to construction workers.UNI VV KVV AK 1620.