Merging statutory compliance in one register

In order to ease with the requirement of maintaining registers under different Acts Central Govt has introduced a new Rule with the name of “Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017”. The objective behind doing this is to cut short the maintenance of different register and merging them into a consolidated register under “Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017” . The combined register would also facilitate the Inspection and the maintenance of the same electronically with less effort.

 

The registers under the below mentioned Acts are taken into consideration to substitute the same with a new registers under this rule:-

 

(i) Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996);

(ii) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970);

(iii) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976);

(iv) Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979);

(v) Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952)

(vi) Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948);

(vii) Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936);

(viii) Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 (11 of 1976); and

(ix) Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);

 

The new registers that have been substituted with the old registers are mentioned below:-

 

 

Substitution of the Register
Form A Form XV (Rule 240) under Building and other construction workers
Form XIII (Rule 75)  under Contract Labour Act
Form XIII (Rule 49) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act
Form B,Form C,Form D (Rule 48(3)) under Mines Act
Form B(Rule 51),Form B(Rule 77),Form B (Rule 77 A(2)) under the Mines Act
Form B(Rule 23(a)),Form D (Rule 23 (c)) under the Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Services)
Form D (Rule 37 (i)under the Working Journalists (condition of Services)
Form B Form XVI(Rule 240(1)(a) ),Form XXII (Rule 240 (1) (c) ) under Building and other construction workers
Form XVII(Rule 78 (a)(i) ,Form XXIII(Rule 78 (a)(iii) under Contract Labour Act
Form D (Rule 6) under the Equal Remuneration Act
Form XVIII(Rule 52(2)(a) ),Form XXII(Rule 52(2)(d) ) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act
Form I (Rule 59) under the Mines Act
Form IV (Rule 25(2)),Form X (Rule 26(1)) under the Minimum wages Act
Form V (Rule 6) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service),
Form III(Rule 5),Form IV A (Rule 17(1)) under the Payment of wages(mines)
Form C Form XIX,XX & XXI(Rule 240(1)(b)) under Building and other construction workers
Form XX ,XXI & XXII (Rule 78(a)(ii))under Contract Labour Act
Form XIX,XX & XXI(Rule52(2)(c)) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act
Form I,II (Rule 21(4)) under the Minimum wages Act
Form II(Rule 4(2)),Form III(Rule 5),Form IX (Rule 17(3)),Form X (Rule 18(3)) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service)
Form I(Rule 3(1)),Form II(Rule 4),Form VI(Rule 19(3) under the Payment of wages(mines)
Form I(Rule 3(1),Form II(Rule 4(1)),Form V (Rule 18(3) ) under the Payment of wages(Railways)
Form D Form XVII(Rule 240(1)(a)) under Building and other construction workers
Form XVI (Rule 78(a)(i)) under Contract Labour Act
Form XVII(Rule 52(2)(a)) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act
Form E(Rule 48 (3)),Form C,Form D,Form E (Rule 78(1)),Form C(Rule 78(2)),Form D,Form E (Rule 78(3))under the Mines Act
Form V (Rule 26(5)) under the Minimum wages Act
Form IV (Rule 6) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service)
Form G (Rule 37(iv)) under the Working Journalists (condition of Services)
Form E Form F(Rule 49(4)) ,Form G,Form H (Rule 53) under the Mines Act
Form E (Rule 23(d)) under the Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Services),
Form F (Rule 37(iii)) under the Working Journalists (condition of Services)
Note:- Rule 26(1a) under the Minimum wages (Central) shall be omitted
Rule 4(5) the word and figures “Part II of Form II” the words ,brackets and figures “Register referred to in sub rule (2) shall be substituted