2024 LLR WEB 6 (CALCUTTA HIGH COURT)
Principal employer is not bound to pay any differential salary/wages to contractual workers under rule 25(2)(v)(a) of the CLRA Rules, 1971

A. CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION & ABOLITION) ACT, 1970 - Contractual Employee - Regularisation - Payment of Equal wages - Petitioner engaged as a contract labour performing perennial nature of job - Vide Government notification which prohibited the employment of contract labour in the works of normal maintenance, Petitioner was not permitted to resume duties - By order passed in writ petition filed by Petitioner, Court directed Respondent to determine whether employment of the petitioners to such petition were directly under Respondent IOCL, and their right to be appointed as regular employees - Order returned finding that question of regularization of employment does not arise - High Court observes that Petitioner cannot be entitled to any relief in this proceeding as Petitioner has not been able to identify particulars of the contractors with specific dates under whom the Petitioner had worked - Writ petition disposed of. [Paras 9 and 10]
B. CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION & ABOLI... subscribe to read more..