The Government enacted the Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008 with a view to provide social security to unorganized workers including those in hotel, private security and others. The Act provides for constitution of National Social Security Board at the central level to recommend social security schemes like life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, old age protection and any other benefit as may be determined by the Government for unorganized workers.
The unorganized worker has been defined under the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008 as a home-based worker, self-employed worker or a wage worker in the unorganized sector and includes a worker in the organized sector who is not covered by any of the Acts mentioned in Schedule-II of this Act. As such all unorganised workers including those in hotel, private security and others and covered as per the provisions of the Act are eligible to take benefits under the social security schemes/welfare schemes framed under the Act.
This was stated by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha today.
The unorganized worker has been defined under the Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008 as a home-based worker, self-employed worker or a wage worker in the unorganized sector and includes a worker in the organized sector who is not covered by any of the Acts mentioned in Schedule-II of this Act. As such all unorganised workers including those in hotel, private security and others and covered as per the provisions of the Act are eligible to take benefits under the social security schemes/welfare schemes framed under the Act.
This was stated by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State(IC) for Labour and Employment in response to a written question in Rajya Sabha today.
