Rules and Acts of Labour Welfare in India

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As You may agree that without Labour workforce Industrial growth will not be achieved. Construction Industry depends on Labour. 

We should know the Acts and Rules for Labour welfare. It is governed by Indian Government. Following Acts and rules are made by Indian government.

1.      Unorganised Workers Social Security Rules, 2009

2.      The Unorganised Workers Social Security Act 2008

3.      The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976

4.      The Cine Workers’ Welfare Fund Act, 1981

5.      The Cine Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1981

6.      The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Rules, 1984

7.      The Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981

8.      The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979

9.      The Contract Labour Regulation Rules

10.  The Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970

11.  The Beedi & Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

12.  BEEDI WORKERS WELFARE CESS ACT 1976

13.  THE BEEDI WORKERS WELFARE FUND ACT, 1976

14.  The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry latrines Prohibition Act, 1993

15.  The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines & Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1976

16.  The Limestone & Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972

17.  The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946

If any other rules are missed please send us through your comments or email us

Source :- https://labour.gov.in/labour-welfare

Labour Welfare Fund

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Labour welfare fund is a statutory contribution managed by individual state authorities. Every State has made its own Act & Rules. Contribution period & its amount may differ from State to State. You should go through your state Labour Welfare Fund Act & Rules for having knowledge of the definition of employee, contribution period & the rate of contribution to be deducted, method of deposit of amount, format for sending the detail of contribution if any & to whom & when it is to be submitted.

In order to provide social security to workers, the government has introduced the Labour Welfare Fund Act. This act has been implemented only in 15 states out of 34 states including union territories.

LWF implemented States are Andhra Pradesh , Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi ,Goa ,Gujarat ,Haryana ,Karnataka ,Kerala ,Madhya Pradesh ,Maharashtra ,Odisha ,Punjab, Tamil Nadu ,Telangana and West Bengal

LWF is not Applicable States are Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Arunachal Pradesh ,Assam , Bihar, Dadra and Nagar Haveli ,Daman and Diu ,Himachal Pradesh ,Jammu and Kashmir ,Jharkhand ,Manipur ,Meghalaya ,Mizoram ,Nagaland ,Pondicherry ,Rajasthan ,Sikkim ,Tripura ,Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal

The Labour Welfare Fund Act is not applicable to all category of employees working in the establishment. It depends upon the wages earned and designation of the employee. The applicability of the Act based on the number of employees may differ depending upon state specific Act.

The contribution in the Labour Welfare Fund may be made annually, half yearly or monthly. The frequency may differ depending upon the state specific Act. Further, if the frequency is half yearly the period of deduction shall be divided into two consecutive periods as per the date mentioned in the state specific Act. The employer needs to make the deduction from the salary of the employee and submit the same to the Labour Welfare Fund board in the prescribed form before the due date.

The Fund will be utilised for welfare of workers/Labour in following manner (It may vary state to state)

1). Community and social education centres including reading rooms and libraries;

2). Educational facilities for the children of the workers.( Educational scholarship, Educational incentives  & Book allowance)

3). Transport facilities to the workers for commuting to work.

4). Marriage assistance.

5). Excursions, tours and holiday homes;

6). Medical facilities for both private and public-sector employers to facilitate medical facilities for their workers and their families.

7). Provide special treatment to the workers including assistance for artificial limbs, wheel chairs etc.

8). Home industries and subsidiary occupations for women and unemployed persons.

9). Recreational facilities in form of music, dance, drama, games, sports, paintings, etc. are usually offered to the employees to build a wholesome working environment.

10). Housing facilities under this scheme offer loans to industrial workers for constructing houses at concessional rates.

11). Funeral expenses

In practical most of these facilities are not aware to labour or not reached to concern.