respondents shall pay on the death of any
worker, including any contract worker, an immediate ex-
gratia solatium of Rs. One lac with liberty ... workers and the contract
workers have been provided with protective gears.
(ii) That all the muster roll workers and the contract
workers have been provided
Sail Contract Workers' Union vs Sail And Ors. on 2 March, 1994
Equivalent citations: JT1994(3)SC455, 1993(1)KARLJ439, (1994)IILLJ1125SC, (1994)2UPLBEC1290
short, 'the 1947' Act') :
"Are the contract workers employed in the nature of
contract work listed as per Annexure working ... contract workers employed in the nature of contract work
under certain contractors and whether such contract
workers are to be absorbed by the Management
workers became its employees, IAAI could not
change their status from direct workers to indirect workers.
(d) Even when the workmen were working as contract ... contract
labour, and direct control and supervision of contract labour by IAAI.
Therefore, the contracts for supply of contract labour were `paper'
contracts
contract work were justified in
demanding absorption as regular employees; that the said dispute pre-
supposed that the employees were contract workers under ... contractors and the question therefore was whether the contract labour
system should be abolished and contract workers had to be absorbed
by the principal employer
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 : S. 10 / Contract Labour
(Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 : S. 10- -Contract workers
engaged by Tata Iron and Steel Company ... entitled to permanent em-
ployment under the principal employer.
HEADNOTE:
The contract workers engaged by the management of the
Tata Iron and Steel Company
contract
services from 2011 to 2020. The contract labour, due to a change in contract
or contract conditions, apprehended termination of their employment as
contract ... contract period.
Genuine vs. Sham contracts
19.5 The Court, while drawing a distinction between a prohibited valid
contract and a sham contract, held that
workers became its employees, IAAI could not
change their status from direct workers to indirect workers.
(d) Even when the workmen were working as contract ... contract
labour, and direct control and supervision of contract labour by IAAI.
Therefore, the contracts for supply of contract labour were `paper'
contracts
conditions. Only when the contractor
assigns/sends the worker to work under the principal employer,
the worker works under the supervision and control ... servicing, washing staff etc. etc.
The HCI employed them on contract basis as canteen workers though they
have been discharging their duties which
that the garbage workers were not properly treated; there was no difference between the permanent workers of the Corporation and the contract workers; their conditions ... after interrogating 1172 workers. It was also noticed that merely 219 workers' names were in the list and remaining 953 workers' names were
