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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Irregularities In Payment To Workers In CWG Projects
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO .1644
ANSWERED ON 24.11.2010
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENTbe pleased to state :- (a) whether Government have received any complaints of gross irregularities in the payment of minimum wages to the workers involved in the Commonwealth Games projects;
(b) if so, the status thereof;
(c) whether it is a fact that workers have been paid wages between Rs.110 and Rs.130 per day instead of the stipulated Rs.203 and on some sites they have been paid a weekly wage of Rs.300-400 while contractors pocketed rest of the amount;
(d) whether it is also a fact that workers have been denied weekly off during the construction activities in Commonwealth Games, 2010; and
(e) the action taken/being taken by Government against the erring contractors?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI HARISH RAWAT)
(a) to (e): Regular inspections were conducted by officials of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) in order to ensure that all statutory provisions were complied by contractors and the interest of contract workers involved in various Commonwealth Games related construction projects was safeguarded. However, some complaints have been received during the course of inspection and some cases of violation of payment of less than minimum wages were detected. In such cases, contractors were issued show cause notice and appropriate action taken including initiating prosecution against defaulters. The details relating to number of inspections, prosecution cases filed, claim cases filed and amount recovered and disbursed during January, 2008 to September, 2010 in this regard is annexed. There is no such complaint regarding denial of weekly off to the workers. If the workers have been asked to work on weekly holidays, they have been given substituted weekly off on any other day.
Irregularities In Payment To Workers In CWG Projects
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
UNSTARRED
QUESTION NO .1644
ANSWERED ON 24.11.2010
Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENTbe pleased to state :- (a) whether Government have received any complaints of gross irregularities in the payment of minimum wages to the workers involved in the Commonwealth Games projects;
(b) if so, the status thereof;
(c) whether it is a fact that workers have been paid wages between Rs.110 and Rs.130 per day instead of the stipulated Rs.203 and on some sites they have been paid a weekly wage of Rs.300-400 while contractors pocketed rest of the amount;
(d) whether it is also a fact that workers have been denied weekly off during the construction activities in Commonwealth Games, 2010; and
(e) the action taken/being taken by Government against the erring contractors?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI HARISH RAWAT)
(a) to (e): Regular inspections were conducted by officials of the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) in order to ensure that all statutory provisions were complied by contractors and the interest of contract workers involved in various Commonwealth Games related construction projects was safeguarded. However, some complaints have been received during the course of inspection and some cases of violation of payment of less than minimum wages were detected. In such cases, contractors were issued show cause notice and appropriate action taken including initiating prosecution against defaulters. The details relating to number of inspections, prosecution cases filed, claim cases filed and amount recovered and disbursed during January, 2008 to September, 2010 in this regard is annexed. There is no such complaint regarding denial of weekly off to the workers. If the workers have been asked to work on weekly holidays, they have been given substituted weekly off on any other day.
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