The Union labour ministry has proposed that fixed-term employment will be on a par with permanent work and salaries must be paid within seven days of a wage period, according to the new draft order for industrial establishments and mines.
The move is aimed at institutionalizing the changing work culture in the country. While industries favour fixed-term employment, trade unions have been against it claiming that it goes against the concept of job security.
“Fixed-term employment means the engagement of a worker on the basis of a written contract of employment with the employer for a fixed period, provided that his hours of work, wages, allowances, and other benefits shall not be less than that of a permanent worker doing the same work or work of similar nature,” the ministry said in the draft standing order.
Source: livemint
