Manufacturing industry & contract workers(Wistron violence issue) Flashcards
Difference between contract worker and fixed-term worker?
Contract workers, who are hired via an intermediary (contractor) and are not on the payrolls of the company on whose shop floors they work.
[CONTRACT : HIRED VIA MIDDLEMEN ; NOT ON PAYROLL]
Fixed-term employees can be directly hired by employers without mediation by a middleman.
[FIXED TERM : CAN BE HIRED DIRECTLY]
They are ensured of the same work hours, wages, allowances and statutory benefits that permanent workers in the establishment are entitled to.
[BOTH ENSURED OF SIMILAR BENEFITS]
Key Features of Labour Code on Industrial relations, 2020
Contract workers: It seeks to allow companies to hire workers on fixed-term contract of any duration. Fixed term employment refers to workers employed for a fixed duration based on a contract signed between the worker and the employer.
[HIRE WORKERS FOR ANY DURATION UNDER CONTRACT]
Reduced Threshold: Companies employing up to 300 workers will not be required to frame rules of conduct for workmen employed in industrial establishments. Presently, it is compulsory for firms employing up to 100 workers.
[300 CHYA KHALI WORKERS (PREVIOUSLY 1000 -> NO NEED TO FRAME CONDUCT RULES]
Dispute redressal: It provides for setting up of a two-member tribunal (in place of one member) wherein important cases will be adjudicated jointly and the rest by a single member, resulting in speedier disposal of cases.
[2 MEMBER DISPUTE REDRESSAL TRIBUNAL]
Regulation for Trade Unions: Introduces a feature of ‘recognition of negotiating union’ under which a trade union will be recognized as sole ‘negotiating union’ if it has the support of 75% or more of the workers on the rolls of an establishment.
[PAY ROLL CHYA 75% EMPLOYEES JYA UNION CHI MEMBER -> WILL BE NEGOTIATING UNION]
Statutory benefits: Underlines that fixed-term employees will get all statutory benefits on a par with the regular employees who are doing work of the same or similar nature.
[FIXED TERM & REGULAR EMPLOYEES NA SAME STATUTORY BENEFITS MILTIL]
Regulates strikes: As per the bill, the workers in factories will have to give a notice at least 14 days in advance to employers if they want to go on strike. Presently, only workers in public utility services are required to give notices to hold strikes.
[STRIKE CHI NOTICE DYA -> 14 DIVAS AADHI]
Re-skilling Fund: Proposes setting up of a “re-skilling fund” for training of retrenched employees. The retrenched employee would be paid 15 days’ wages from the fund within 45 days of retrenchment.
Concerns
[RESKILLING FUND -> FOR TRAINIG RETRENCHED(कमी करणे) EMPLOYEES
