{"id":1728,"date":"2024-03-29T13:56:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T08:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:14:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:44:42","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-as-per-the-industrial-employment-standing-orders-central-amendment-rules-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-as-per-the-industrial-employment-standing-orders-central-amendment-rules-2018","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:\u00a0As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. If rules for fixed-term employment are implemented, it becomes easier for the firms\/companies to lay off workers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. No notice<\/strong> of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of temporary workman.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • The government has notified fixed-term employment for all sectors<\/strong> through an amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules, 1946.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Fixed-term employment for all sectors will make it easier for companies to hire-and-fire workers<\/strong> along with reducing the role of middlemen.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018, a \u201cfixed-term employment workman is a workman who has been engaged on the basis of a written contract of employment for a fixed period<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • No notice of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of a temporary workman<\/strong> whether monthly rated, weekly rated or piece rated and probationers or badli workmen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently notified fixed term employment for all sectors.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • It was through an amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules, 1946.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Highlights of the rules<\/strong>:\n
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          • A fixed term employment workman is engaged on the basis of a written contract of employment for a fixed period<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The existing permanent workmen<\/strong> as on March 16, 2018 cannot be converted as fixed term employment thereafter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • March 16 is the date of commencement of the amended rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • The notified rules provide for equal work hours, wages, allowances and other benefits<\/strong> as that of a permanent workman.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • These are along with all statutory benefits available to a permanent workman proportionately according to the period of service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • This will be available even if the period of employment does not extend to the qualifying period of employment<\/strong> required in the statute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Fixed-term employees whose services are terminated on non-renewal of contract or on its expiry is not entitled to any notice or pay in lieu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • No notice of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of temporary workman.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • This is whether it is monthly rated, weekly rated or piece rated and probationers or badli workmen (appointed in the position of permanent workmen or temporarily absent probationers).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Expected benefits<\/strong>:\n
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            • The Cabinet had earlier approved fixed-term employment for specific sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Fixed-term employment for all sectors now will make it easier for companies to hire-and-fire workers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • It will also reduce the role of middlemen and allow companies to hire workers based on seasonal trends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The industries will be empowered to employ people for a fixed duration for which they have orders or assignments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • There will be no burden of carrying extra labour force during the lean season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • The move is further expected to promote \u2018ease of doing business\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Concerns<\/strong>:\n
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              • Job creation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The move towards fixed-term employment will make it easier for companies to layoff workers.\n
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                • This could have a bearing upon job creation in the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Notably, India\u2019s unemployment rate is estimated to rise to 3.5% for 2018 from 3.4% estimated earlier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Labour laws<\/strong> \u2013 The consolidation exercise of 44 central labour laws into four major codes is still pending by the government.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Trade Unions<\/strong> \u2013 Trade unions across the country have opposed the extension of fixed-term employment to all sectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • This is because the move could lead to a situation where only fixed-term jobs are created.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • There is a possibility that permanent employment would vanish from the industrial sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2 Notes: Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[38],"years":[54],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-economy","years-54"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":38,"label":"Indian Economy"}],"years":[{"value":54,"label":"2019"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":38,"name":"Indian Economy","slug":"indian-economy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":38,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":225,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}