GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-338ANSWERED ON-09.07.2014
Pay bifurcation of contract labourers to minimize PF contribution338 .SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM
(a)whether many private placement agencies supplying contract labour to Government Departments have been bifurcating wages into basic wage and allowances to minimize on Provident Fund contributions which are reckoned on basic pay;
(b)whether the Central Government along with Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) employ around 18.4 lakh contract workers;
(c)whether the Central Labour Commissioners have recently conducted a reality check in the Ministries and Departments employing contract labour; and
(d)if so, a summary of the findings of the same?
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