Rule 48. Responsibility of contractor under sub-section (4) of section 48

(1) The rates of wages payable to the workers by the contractor shall not be less than the rates prescribed under the Code on Wages, 2019 and where the rates have been fixed by agreement, settlement or award, not less than the rates so fixed.

(2) In case where the worker employed by the contractor perform the same or similar kind of work as the worker directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment, the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and other conditions of service of the workers of the contractor shall be the same as applicable to the workers directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment on the same or similar kind of work. In case of any dispute whether the work is of a similar kind, the matter shall be referred to the Chief Inspector-Cum Facilitator or the Inspector-cum-Facilitator as notified by the Government and whose decision shall be final.

(3) In other cases, the wage rates, holidays, hours of work and conditions of service of the workers of the contractor shall be such as specified under the Code, and rules made thereunder.

(4) All contract labour shall be made members of Employee’s Provident Fund organisation (EPFO) and Employee State Insurance Scheme (ESIC), subject to applicability as under respective provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020.

(5) The contractor shall notify in Form XIII any change in the number of workers or conditions of work to the Licensing Authority, electronically.