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SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ACT


 

Objective:

 

ü      To abolition of contract labour.

ü      To regulating the service condition of contract labour where abolition is not possible.

ü      To promote health and welfare of contract labour.

ü      To guard against defaults  in the matters of wage payment.

 

 

Chapter III:  Registration of Establishing :

 

Sec 7:

 

The employer makes a triplicate application within 30 Days form the act applies (4th Notification) in Form I to the registering officer. (AP Rule 17 (1))

 

AP Rule 26:

 

The application shell be accompanied by a treasury receipt showing payment of fee.

The fee payable as specified below if the no of workmen on any day is as follows:

 

No Contract workers

Fee Amount

5- 20

170.00

21-50

400.00

51-100

825.00

101-200

1650.00

201-400

3300.00

401 and above

4125.00
 

AP Rule 32: An establishment requiring the employment contract labour immediately and such employment is not more than 15 days the principal employer or contractor may apply for a temporary certificate of registration or license.

 

 

Chapter IV: Licensing of Contractor

 
Sec 12:

 
Any contractor make an application in form IV (Under rule 21 (1) to the licensing officer.

 

No contractor shall undertake or execute any work through contract labour except with a license issued by the licensing officer.

 

Required documents to apply for license:

 

  1. Application form (Form IV) (Under AP rule 21 (1))
  2. Certificate of principal employer (Form V) (Under AP rule 21 (2))
  3. Work Order
  4. Undertaking letter form principal employer
  5. Security deposit: (AP rule 24:)

The contractor shall be deposit at the rate of 50/- for each workman to be employed at the time of application applied for license

 

Note: if the central labour dept it should be DD, if state labour dept treasury challan

 

License Fee: (AP rule 26):

 

The fees payable by the contractor shall be as specified below:

 

No Contract workers

Fee Amount

5- 20

265.00

21-50

400.00

51-100

570.00

101-200

900.00

201-400

1275.00

401 and above

1850.00

 

AP rule 27: Every license shall remain in force for 12 month from date it is granted or renewed.

 

AP Rule 29:  Every contractor shall make not less than 30 days before the date on which the license expires.

 

Chapter V:  Welfare and Health of contract labour
 

AP Rule 40:

 

The contractor is the responsible for providing

 

  • Sufficient Drinking Water
  • Washing Facilities
  • Rest room

 

Latrines:

 

  • 1 latrine for every 25 male/ female workers for the first 100
  • if more than 100 workers 1 latrine for every 50 male/ female workers
  • Separate latrines for man and woman workers shall be provided and notice displaying sex shall be kept in language understood by majority of the workers

 

Urinals:

 

  • 1 Urinal for every 50 male/ female workers for the first 500
  • if more than 500 workers 1 Urinal for every 100 male/ female workers
  • Separate Urinals for man and woman workers shall be provided and notice displaying sex shall be kept in language understood by majority of the workers

 

 

First Aid Facilities:

 

First aid boxes shall be provided and maintained so as to be readily assessable during all working hours at the rate of not less than 1 box for 150 contract labour or part thereof ordinarily employed.

 

For an establishment the first aid box (in which the no of contract labour employed ) shall contain the following equipment:

 

Sl. #

Item

Does not exceed 50

Workers exceed 50

Qty.

Qty.

  1.  

Small sterilized dressings

6

12

  1.  

Medium size sterilized dressings

3

6

  1.  

Large size sterilized dressings

3

6

  1.  

Large size sterilized burn dressings

3

6

  1.  

Packets sterilized cotton wool(15gms)

 

6

  1.  

Iodine bottle

1 (30ml)

1(60ml)

  1.  

Bottle containing salvolatile having the dose and mode of administration indicated on the label 

1 (30ml)

1(60ml)

  1.  

Adhesive plaster roll

 

1

  1.  

Snake bite lancet

1

1

  1.  

Bottle of  Potassium Permanganate crystals

1(30gms)

1(30gms)

  1.  

Pair of scissors

1

1

  1.  

First Aid leaf let

1

1

  1.  

Aspirin Tablets

1(100(each of 5 grains))

1(100(each of 5 grains))

  1.  

Ointment for burns

1

1

  1.  

Anti-septic solution

1

1

Canteen:

 

Where employment of contract labour is likely to continue for the 6 (Six months) and the number of contract labour employed is 100 or more, an adequate canteen has to be set up within 60 days form the date the commencement of work.

 

The canteen shall be maintained by the contractor or principal employer, as the case may be in an efficient manner.

 

If the contractor fails to provide the canteen within the time laid down, the same shall be provide the principal employer within sixty days of the expiry of the time allowed to contractor.

 

Chapter V:   Wages
 

A contractor shall be responsible for payment of wages to each worker employed by him as contract labour.

 

(AP Rule 64):

 

The contractor shall fix wage period but not accessed 1 (One) month.

 

(AP Rule 65):

 

Date of payment:

 

Employees less than one thousand (1000)

Employees more than one thousand (1000)

before expiry of the seventh (7) day

before the expiry of tenth (10) day after the last day of wage period

 

(AP Rule 66):

 

Any worker terminated by the contractor, the wages earned by shall be paid before expiry of second working.

 

(AP Rule 67):

 

All payments of wages shall be made on a working day at the work place and during the working hours.

 

Final payment shall b made within 48 hours of the last working day.

 

(AP Rule 70): Deductions:

 

Wages shall be paid without any deductions of any kind except those specified by the state government and permissible under the payment of wages act 1936

 

(AP Rule 73):

 

The authorized representative of principal employer shall record under his signature a certificate at the end of the entries in the register of wages in the following form:

 

"Certificate that the amount shown in column No ____________ has been paid to the workman concerned in my presence on ______________ at ___________"

 

Chapter V:   Registers & Records

 

Every principal employer shall maintain the following registers:
 

#

Register Name

Form No.

Remarks

1.   

REGISTER OF CONTRACTOR

Form XII

 

2.   

ANNUAL RETURN

Form XXV

 

 

 

Every contactor shall maintain the following registers:

#

Register Name

Form No.

Remarks

1.   

REGISTER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED

Form XIII

 

2.   

MUSTER ROLL

Form XVI

 

3.   

REGISTER OF WAGE

Form XVII

 

4.   

REGISTER OF DEDUCTIONS DAMAGE OR LOSS

Form XX

 

5.   

REGISTER OF OVER TIME

Form XXIII

 

6.   

REGISTER OF FINES

Form XXI

 

7.   

REGISTER OF ADVANCE

Form XXII

 

8.   

WAGE SLIP

Form XIX

 

9.   

EMPLOYMENT CARD

Form XIV

 

10.          

SERVICE CERTIFICATE

Form XV

 

11.          

WAGE SLIPS

Form XIX

 

 

 

 

 

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