Small Factories Bill to come up in next Parliament session
Updated: Oct 05, 2015 03:38:19pm
Hyderabad, Oct 5 (KNN) Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said that the Centre will table the Small Factories (Facilitation and Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Services) Bill in the next session of Parliament.
The bill aims to exempt small factories from the purview of six existing labour laws and regulate the employment and other conditions of service of employees employed in small factories.
The Bill seeks to be exempt from the purview of six labour laws as it incorporates the essential elements of the Factories Act, 1948, The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, and The Shops and Establishment Acts of respective states, he said.
Dattatreya told a media here on Sunday that the bill would provide for payment of compensation amounting to 45 days of wages as against 15 days per year now in case of retrenchment, closure and lay-off.
"I have already completed the entire process. I feel that in the forthcoming Session of Parliament it (The Small Factories Bill) will come up. Definitely, I am hopeful of getting the Bill passed... it is in workers interest," Dattatreya said.
The minister said that the proposed law will be beneficial to workers as provision has been made for severance compensation to them in case of retrenchment, lay-off and closure, to be 45-days of wages from the present 15-days under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
The draft legislation proposes for timely payment of wages and deductions in the wages for all workers employed in all small factories, he said.
The Bill also proposes a Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) with representatives from employers and workers to be set up in every small factory employing 10 or more workers.
There is a provision for employment of women for night work with adequate transportation for the safety of the women worker in addition to adequate security.
It also provides for provision of compounding of offences and the 'Inspector' would be replaced by 'facilitator', Dattatreya said adding that the labour ministry has held tripartite consultations on this bill. (KNN Bureau)
The bill aims to exempt small factories from the purview of six existing labour laws and regulate the employment and other conditions of service of employees employed in small factories.
The Bill seeks to be exempt from the purview of six labour laws as it incorporates the essential elements of the Factories Act, 1948, The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, The Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, and The Shops and Establishment Acts of respective states, he said.
Dattatreya told a media here on Sunday that the bill would provide for payment of compensation amounting to 45 days of wages as against 15 days per year now in case of retrenchment, closure and lay-off.
"I have already completed the entire process. I feel that in the forthcoming Session of Parliament it (The Small Factories Bill) will come up. Definitely, I am hopeful of getting the Bill passed... it is in workers interest," Dattatreya said.
The minister said that the proposed law will be beneficial to workers as provision has been made for severance compensation to them in case of retrenchment, lay-off and closure, to be 45-days of wages from the present 15-days under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
The draft legislation proposes for timely payment of wages and deductions in the wages for all workers employed in all small factories, he said.
The Bill also proposes a Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) with representatives from employers and workers to be set up in every small factory employing 10 or more workers.
There is a provision for employment of women for night work with adequate transportation for the safety of the women worker in addition to adequate security.
It also provides for provision of compounding of offences and the 'Inspector' would be replaced by 'facilitator', Dattatreya said adding that the labour ministry has held tripartite consultations on this bill. (KNN Bureau)
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