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Journey allowance for inter-State migrant workers
- Other events
- Employer
What to do
Pay each inter-State migrant worker a lump sum for the fare of a to and fro journey from the place of employment to their residence in the home State, by train not lower than II Class sleeper, or by bus or other passenger transport rule 102(1) s. 61.
Who it applies to
Applies in establishments in which ten or more inter-State migrant workers are employed, or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months s. 59, for a worker who has worked not less than one hundred and eighty days in the establishment in the preceding twelve months rule 102(1).
In the checklist: Inter-State migrant workers (OSH Code Chapter XI, Part II).
When
Once in twelve months rule 102(1), proviso.
How
If the worker changed employer and has not had the allowance, the present employer pays it on the worker’s certificate, counting the time with the previous employer towards the one hundred and eighty days rule 102(2).