Fixed Term Employment - women empowerment
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding the Fixed Term Employment introduced in the Apparel Manufacturing Sector?
1) 70% workforce in garment industry comprises of women.
2) Currently there is no provision for employment of workers on contract basis.- Published on 13 Oct 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Only 1
- It is one of the measures of the approved Textile package for Textile sector.
- The measures assume significance also due to its potential for social transformation through women empowerment; since 70% of the workforce in the garment industry are women, majority of the new jobs created are likely to go to women.
- Presently, as per Section 2 (bb)(oo) of the ID Act, the workers could be employed on contract basis for some fixed time period and the removal of such workers on termination of contract is not considered as retrenchment.
- Hence they are not eligible for any notice period or retrenchment compensation as per the ID Act.
- This indicates that there is an indirect provision of employment of workers for a fixed term, however the service conditions of workers engaged for definite period is not stipulated leading to different treatment for workers on fixed term employment.
