Impacts of Fixed Term Employment for Apparel Manufacturing Sector
Q. Which of the following are impacts of Fixed Term Employment introduced for Apparel Manufacturing Sector?
1) Flexibility to employers as per market demand
2) Better working conditions for workers
3) Shorter working hours for workers- Published on 13 Oct 16a. 1, 3
b. 1, 2
c. 2, 3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: 1, 2
- By proposed inclusion of the Fixed Term Workman as one of the category of workman in the classification of workman in the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 , the Ministry intends to make such workman on fixed term employment eligible for all statutory benefits available to permanent workman proportionately accordingly to the period of service rendered by him. Even though his period of employment does not extend to the qualifying period of employment required in the statute.
- This step would ultimately benefit the workers as their working conditions would be at par with the regular permanent employees including social security and other benefits.
- It would, on the one hand provide flexibility for employing workers as per the demands of the market and on the other hand improve the working conditions of the workers already working for some fixed tenure only by way of contracts.
- It would also provide prescribed format of contract for engaging workers on fixed term employment, thereby avoiding any exploitation of such workers.
- The inclusion in the IE (SO) Act would define formally the conditions of employment on which the workman would be engaged for Fixed Term.
