How Can We Ensure Labor Law Compliance When Hiring Daily Wagers for Unloading Tasks?

We are an EPC company. Material transportation is an essential part of our/any project. We are facing an issue regarding the compliance of daily wagers (labor engaged for unloading trucks). As unloading material is a one-time activity, we cannot show them in our records. They may not be available next time as they work only for money and need to be paid on the same day. In this situation, what is the appropriate and safe practice to safeguard ourselves in view of labor law compliance?

There is no mention in the post about the number of days approximately required for unloading operations in a month or in a year. If it is one or two days in a month, the periodicity of which cannot be predetermined, you can engage a specific number of loadmen from the local area on a tonnage basis, and the entire sum of such wages can be divided among themselves. In that case, you may treat them as NMR workmen on daily wages. If not, you may ask the transporters to bring loadmen on their own subject to the condition of reimbursement of the actual unloading charges then and there by your Company.

If it is too frequent, you can engage a contractor for the purpose subject to the provisions of the CLRA Act, 1970. But ensure beforehand that it is not prohibited by the appropriate Government.