印度议会通过2014劳工法修正案

 

Indian Parliament passes Labour Laws Amendment Bill, 2014

The Indian Parliament (including the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha) passed the Labour Laws Amendment Bill, 2014, last week.

The Bill, as amended, proposes to change some of the provisions of the original Act of 1988. It increases the number of laws under which small establishments are exempt from furnishing returns and maintaining registers from nine to 16.

The seven Acts that are added to the list include the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, and the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.

Secondly, the Bill amends the definition of “small” establishments to cover units employing between 10 to 40 workers, as against the limit of 19 workers at present.

Bandaru Dattatreya, the Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), said the Bill is a social security measure and it simplifies procedures regarding engaging labourers.

The main purpose of bringing the Bill is transparency, accountability and proper enforcement.

Dattatreya said the Government was not at all compromising on the interest of workers and the legislation was not meant to give exemption to any establishment. 

Once the Bill is implemented after the signature of the President, garment factories employing up to 40 workers will come under the definition of ‘small’ establishments.

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印度议会通过2014劳工法修正案

印度议会(包括下议院和上议院)上周通过了2014劳工法修正案。

该修订法案,提出修改1988年最初法案的一些条款。在小企业免除设备补贴以及维持登记从9到16的条款下，它又增加了一些数量的法规。

7项法案添加至列表，包括1961年汽车运输工人法案,1965年支付奖金法案,1979年州际移民工人法案(就业和服务条件的规定)，1996年建筑和其他建筑工人法案(就业和服务条件的规定)。

其次,该修正法案定义的“小”公司的雇员在10到40个之间,而目前的极限则是19个工人。

劳动力和就业国务部长Bandaru Dattatreya说,该项法案是一项社会安全措施，它简化了雇佣劳动者的程序。

主要目的是使该法案透明化、有责任性和适当的执法。

Dattatreya表示,政府绝不会在工人利益方面妥协，立法也并不意味着可以给任何企业豁免权。

一旦法案在总统签名后开始生效, 雇佣40名工人的服装工厂将归入“小”企业的定义。