Employers of various industries - from micro to large - do depend on Contract Labour workforce in order to sustain and as Principal Employers, they need to take care when they engage a contractor. Besides being compliant, they have to ensure that the contractors engaged by them to stay compliant.

Some of the important activities:

• Registration & license under Contract Labour Regulation and Abolition Act
• Payment of minimum wages to contract labourers
• Timely payment of minimum wage, bonus, leave wages etc
• Maintaining records, registers, forms & notices under various legislations
• Remittances of ESI, EPF & LWF contributions for contract workers
• Compliance under BOCW Act and ISMA Act
• Accident related compliance for contract workers
• Retirement or terminal benefit for contract workers
• Maternity benefits for contract labourers

Key Highlights:

• Obtain Registration of Principal Employer (RC)
• Obtain license for each applicable contractor if applicable
• Maintain contractor-wise registers, records and returns
• Ensure minimum wage payment through effective processes
• EPF and ESI contribution through principal employer's sub code / contractor's code
• Coordination of benefits under EPF, ESI, LWF & WC for CL
• Accident coordination support