Rule 93. Responsibility of contractor.

(1) CONTRACT LABOUR

(1) The rates of wages payable to the workers by the contractor shall not be less than the rates fixed under the Code on Wages, 2019 and where the rates have been fixed by agreement, settlement or award, not less than the rates so fixed.

(2) In case where the contract labour employed by the contractor performs the same or similar kind of work as the worker directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment, the holidays, hours of work and other conditions of service of the contract labour of the contractor shall be the same as applicable to the workers directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work.

(3) In case of any dispute whether the work is of similar kind, the matter be referred to the concerned Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) whose decision shall be final.

(4) All contract labour shall be made member of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation and Employees' State Insurance Corporation subject to applicability as under respective provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020).

(5) The contractor shall notify any change in the number of contract labours or conditions of work on the Shram Suvidha Portal.