Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday said that the industry should use fixed-term contracts to provide jobs to workers, mostly for short-term projects or seasonal work.
“By giving an option of fixed-term employment (in the new labour codes), we have given a flexibility to the industry and I am confident that such contract will mostly be used by businesses of short duration and of seasonal nature,” Gangwar said in his address at the All India Organisation of Employers’ 86th annual general meeting held through videoconferencing.
“You would believe more than me on the fact that an employee, if attached and involved with an industry for a longer duration, is more productive for the growth of that industry,” the minister said, while highlighting the importance of allowing a fixed-term contract system in the labour laws. He said the attrition cost of a skilled worker also harms the industry in the longer run.
Source: Business Standard
