Ms. Hepitha Priscilla.P, Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bangalore & Mr.Arun Kumar.S., School of Excellence in Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai
Abstract
The issue of repealing the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and enforcing the provisions in The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Condition Code, 2020 is now high on the labour law reform agenda of the Government and so is the debate on this topic. Both the reformists as well as the protectionists demand for changes in the law and policy relating to contract labour. The researcher has studied extensive literature to know the pros and cons of the research problem. Though the existing literature explores various aspects of the research problem, yet slight gaps exist. Most of the studies are based on doctrinal research. More empirical research is required and the Government has also uttered the same. The manufacturing sector’s contract labour problems have not found due place in existing studies, particularly from the point of view of effect of globalization and liberalization of the economy. The constitutional and jurisprudential perspective of the problem needs to be further explored. The present study which is an analytical and empirical research is going to fill these gaps in the existing literature and thereby contribute to the national thought process on the contract labour law reforms and to provide the readers with necessary homework material based on field survey. The study will also be useful for administrators, employers, academicians, labour unions, labour activists and workers at large. The future researchers will be greatly benefited by this study.
Keywords: Contract Labour, Labour Law, Labour Code, OSHWC Code.
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