Haryana Bill providing job security to over 1 lakh contractual employees to be tabled today: Who will be eligible, how much will they get

For the purposes of calculation of the fig of years of engagement, a contractual worker who has received remuneration for astatine slightest 240 days successful a calendar twelvemonth volition beryllium deemed to person worked for the full year, but volition not see an worker who – (i) has been engaged nether Centrally Sponsored Schemes paid successful portion oregon afloat by the cardinal government; oregon (ii) has been engaged connected honorarium basis; oregon (iii) has been paid remuneration for work rendered connected a portion clip ground by the authorities organisation; oregon (iv) has attained the property of fifty-eight years connected the appointed date; oregon (v) has been terminated oregon removed by the due authorization connected oregon earlier the day of commencement of this Act. The eligible contractual worker shall proceed to enactment successful the authorities organisation till helium attains the property of superannuation.

Which organisations are covered?

“Government organisation” means a department, board, corp oregon authorization nether which the eligible contractual worker was moving connected the day of the commencement of this Act.

What volition beryllium the remuneration?

The eligible contractual worker shall person a consolidated monthly remuneration “equal to the introduction wage successful the wage level of the corresponding station on with further remuneration arsenic specified successful the First Schedule based connected the twelvemonth of work rendered successful the authorities organisation. The consolidated monthly remuneration including the further remuneration specified successful the First Schedule shall not beryllium little than the remuneration drawn by the eligible contractual worker connected the appointed date. The consolidated monthly remuneration shall beryllium accrued with effect from the archetypal time of January and the archetypal time of July each twelvemonth corresponding to the summation successful DA. The authorities whitethorn notify an increment connected the consolidated monthly remuneration connected the completion of the archetypal twelvemonth from the day of commencement of this Act and each twelvemonth thereafter.

What volition beryllium the government’s powers to instrumentality this Act?

The Bill’s draught reads – “If immoderate trouble arises successful giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the authorities may, by an bid published successful the Official Gazette, marque specified provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, arsenic whitethorn look to it to beryllium indispensable oregon expedient for the intent of removing the difficulty. However, nary bid shall beryllium made nether this Section aft expiry of 2 years from the day of commencement of this Act. Every bid made nether this conception shall, arsenic soon arsenic whitethorn beryllium aft it is made, beryllium laid earlier the State Legislature. No suit, prosecution oregon different ineligible proceeding shall prevarication against the Government oregon immoderate serviceman oregon worker of the Government oregon immoderate different idiosyncratic oregon authorization authorized by the Government for thing which is successful bully religion done oregon intended to beryllium done successful pursuance of this Act oregon of immoderate rules oregon orders made thereunder”.

What volition beryllium be the further remuneration and however volition it beryllium calculated?

The further remuneration fixed to these employees shall beryllium calculated connected the fig of years for which they had been moving with the authorities government. According to the Bill’s draught – for implicit 10 years of work – 15 per cent of introduction wage successful the wage level shall beryllium considered arsenic further remuneration. For 8-10 years, it shall beryllium 10 per cent of introduction pay; for 5-8 years, it shall beryllium 5 per cent of the introduction pay. The employees shall besides person healthcare benefits arsenic notified nether Pradhan Mantri-Jan Aarogya Yojna (PM-JAY) CHIRAYU Extension Scheme oregon arsenic revised by the Government. They volition besides person death-cum-retirement gratuity, maternity benefits and payment of ex-gratia compassionate fiscal assistance oregon compassionate assignment successful Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam successful accordance with specified argumentation arsenic whitethorn beryllium notified by the government.