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Cess) Act
Minimum Wage
Employee Provident fund
Employee State Insurance
Gratuity
Bonus
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Contract Labour
Activities that do areas
not require full time
permitted
Sudden increase in work in core activity
Sanitation work
Watch and Ward
Canteen & Catering
Running Hospitals, Education & Trg institutes,
Guest House, clubs and the like support services
Courier Services
Civil and other construction works, including
maintenance
Gardening
House keeping, laundry services etc.,
Transport services
Any activity of intermittent nature
Any activity incidental to core activity
The Act does not apply to the company who deploy his
employees for manning the lifts in Government buildings
as buildings are scattered and are not interconnected form
colony and hence these buildings are not establishment
within the definition of establishment as contemplated
in the Act.Militant Security Bureau Pvt.Ltd. v. B.R.Mehr, 1993 I LLJ (Bom.HC)
Equal Wages
Where the Contract workers are doing intermittent work i.e. not regular or
permanent work, it is immaterial that the work that they may be doing is
similar to the workman of the company but they do not do permanent work
and thus their work is not ordinary part of the Industry. Hence there is no
question of providing them with similar condition of service like wages and
holidays etc.
Himmat Singh & Ors. V. I.C. I. India Ltd. & Ors., 2008 II CLR 414 (S.C.2J)
1%
ON
COST
OF
CONSTRUCTION
SHALL
INCLUDE ALL EXPENDITURE
INCURRED BY AN EMPLOYER
. BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE
COST
OF
LAND
COMPENSATION
PAID
CESS PAYMENT
CESS LEVIED SHALL BE PAID
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION
OF THE PROJECT OR IF THE
PROJECT WORK IS MORETHAN
ONE YEAR, CESS TO BE PAID
WITHIN 30 DAYS OF COMPLETION
OF
ONE YEAR FROM THE
COMMENCEMENT OF WORK OR
EMPLOYER CAN PAY ESTIMATED
CESS ASSESSMENT
FORM I TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN
30 DAYS OF COMMENCEMENT OF
WORK.
NOTICE OF STOPPAGE OF WORK OR
REDUCTION OF WORK TO BE
SUBMITTED IN FORM II.
ASSESSMENT TO BE MADE BASED
ON RECORDS.
EPF ACT
Employer contribution should not
be deducted from employee.
Damages to be paid by employer on
default of payment of contribution.
Benefits under the Act cannot be
attached.
Principal Employer
The principal employer is liable to pay
both the contributions of behalf of
employees employed by him directly
and engaged by or through the
contractors, along with employers share
in accordance with the provision of Para
30 of EPF Scheme.
Ram Singh & others Vs. Punjab State Coop &
others 2007 II LLJ 631 (P & H DB)
Limitation
Default in payment of PF dues is an
economic offence for the simple reason
that the workers are entitled for the
provident fund benefit hence limitation
is not applicable.
HV Thimmegowda & others Vs State of
Karnataka 2002 LLN 354 (Karn HC)
Case Laws
Case Laws
General Concepts
It is advisable that contracts be
awarded to Private Limited
Companies or Listed Companies;
Special Law will always prevail
over General Law;
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