Legal Requirements for Hiring Temporary Workers: What Should We Know?

Legal Requirements for Recruiting Temporary Workers

What are the legal requirements for recruiting temporary workers? As per our work requirements, there are instances where our manpower contractor needs to hire temporary workers to execute specific tasks.

Engaging Casual Workers

There is no issue if you engage casual workers for a few months, depending upon the business exigencies. If you know the exact period for which their service would be required, you can opt for fixed-term employment for such a period as needed. Once the work is over, or the period is over, the workers can go.

Flexibility with Casual Employees

Taking casual employees is another choice offering flexibility. They cannot demand regularization. The only thing is that if their engagement exceeds a year, while sending them off, you will have to pay them 15 days' pay for every year as compensation. This is required only when you engage them for 240 days in a 12-month period.

Thank you, sir. Further, I want to be clear. Let's say we hire casual workers for only 20 days. During that time, how will we manage their ESI, PF, and any other benefits? And, under which law or act do these requirements come?

Casual laborers engaged even for a single day should be given ESI and PF. These are provided under the respective Acts as well.