Registration under contract labour act
AJAYKUMAR NAIR
(Querist) 15 December 2014
This query is : Resolved
If an organisation employees 5 person as contract labour does the organisation has to apply for Registration Certificate under CLRA. Labour officers insist on Registration even if 1 person is employeed as contract labour in an organisation.
malipeddi jaggarao
(Expert) 19 December 2014
Section 4 of CLRA reads as under:
(a) To every establishment in which twenty or more workmen are employed or
were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months as contract labour;
(b) to every contractor who employees or who employed on any day of the
preceding twelve months twenty or more workmen:
Provided that the appropriate Government may, after giving not less than two
months' notice of its intention so to do, by notification in the Official
Gazette, apply the provisions of this Act to any establishment or contractor
employing such number of workmen less than twenty as may be specified in the
notification.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 23 December 2014
Expert Mr. Malipeddi Jagga Rao has explained the provisions of the governing law, you may consult a local lawyer for further issues.
