Rule 51. Responsibility of contractor

(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 (Central Act 29 of 2019) and where the higher 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 not be less favorable than those applicable to the workers directly employed by the principal employer of the establishment for the same or similar kind of work. In case of any dispute whether the work is the same or of similar kind, the matter be referred to the authority notified by the government whose decision shall be final.

(3) In all 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 on Wages, 2019 and rules made there under.

(4) All contract labourers shall be made member of Employees Provident Fund Organisation and Employees State Insurance Corporation subject to applicability as under respective provisions of the Code on Social Security, 2020.

(5) The contractor shall notify changes, if any, with respect to the number of workers or conditions of work to the Licensing Authority, electronically.