CONTRACT LABOUR ACT

SERVICES

Applicability:

For Principal Employer: Applicable to every establishment (Principal employer) which employs 50 or more contract labour.

For Contractor: Applicable to every contractor who employees 50 or more workmen.

The Principal Employer shall apply for registration of an establishment before the registering officer which is not renewable and the Contractor shall obtain a license from the Licensing officer which is valid for a period of 1 year.

The principal employer is obliged under the CLA to ensure that wages have been paid to the contract labour in the presence of its (principal employer’s) authorized representative. If the contractor fails to pay wages to any worker, the principal employer has been made duty bound to pay the same.