Contractual Workers

Contractual job hiring by firms up 15% CAGR since Jan 2022, says report

Businesses opting for flexible employment models to manage costs, it says

Bihar to give govt employee status to 350,000 contractual teachers

The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday decided to give government employee status to around 3.5 lakh contractual (Niyojit) teachers, teaching in different government-run schools in the state, an official said. The decision to this effect was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "Immediately after notification by the state government in this regard, these contractual teachers, teaching in different state-run schools for the last several years, will be considered as 'exclusive teachers', with government employee status. A proposal in this regard was mooted by the state Education department before the cabinet on Tuesday, which was later approved", S Siddharth, Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat), told reporters after the cabinet meeting. While elaborating on the process of the newly approved policy, Siddharth said, "These exclusive teachers will have to clear competency examinations for continuing the status of a government employee. Clearing competen

MP CM Chouhan makes announcements in favour of contractual employees

The government also decided that the benefit of the National Pension Scheme (NPS) will be given to all the employees. So that after retirement, they can live their life

Majority of contractual employees in Punjab to be regularised soon

A Punjab Cabinet sub-committee on Thursday assured employee unions that a majority of contractual employees in the state will be regularised soon, according to an official statement. The Cabinet sub-committee comprising Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Employment Generation Minister Aman Arora, Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, and Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh met with representatives of various employee unions and associations here, it said. "Majority of contractual employees to be regularised soon, cabinet sub-committee assures employees' unions," the statement added. Finance Minister Cheema informed the employee union representatives that the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government has already notified a policy to regularise the services of employees having experience of 10 years. He said that the policy would help in regularising the services of the majority of contractual employees. The case of those not being covered under this

Himachal govt regularises services of contractual, daily wage employees

The Himachal Pradesh government will regularise the services of its contractual employees who have completed two years in March this year, a statement issued here on Sunday said. The state government has also decided to regularise services of the daily waged workers completing four years of service as of March 31, 2023, and September 30, 2023. Services of the contractual employees, who have completed two years of service as on March 31, 2023, would be regularised besides those who are due to complete two years of service by September 30, 2023, the statement said. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the present state government is committed to the welfare of the employees and has taken various measures to benefit its employees.

Contractual workforce in CPSEs crosses pre-pandemic level in FY22

But headcount of regular employees has continued to decline in FY22

Elon Musk now lays off 4,400 contractual workers at Twitter: Report

Contractors aren't being notified at all, they're just losing access to Slack and email. Managers figured it out when their workers just disappeared from the system, tweeted Platformer's Casey Newton

Rajasthan revises wage of contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants

The Rajasthan government has revised the pay scale of more than 31,000 contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants, education workers and para teachers, Education Minister B D Kalla said. They will now get salary based on the length of their service period. "The pay scale of contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants, education workers and para teachers -- whose estimated number is 31,473 -- has been revised. They will now get a salary of Rs 18,500 after nine years of service and Rs 32,000 after 18 years of service," Kalla said in a tweet on Friday. He also shared a copy of the official order dated October 21. According to the order, these posts have been brought under the purview of 'Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Post Rules'. The designations of education workers, para teachers and gram panchayat assistants have been changed. Former minister and Congress legislator Harish Chaudhary dubbed the announcement a "Diwali gift" for the people from the state government. W

Companies see slowdown in growth of temporary, contract and casual jobs

As a result, the ratio of temporary, contract and casual jobs as a proportion of the total workforce is at its lowest in at least five years

Employers favour administrative labour reforms over legislative ones

Report reveals that just 20% of fixed-term employment contracts are renewed

Punjab committed to regularising services of contractual employees: CM Mann

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said his government is committed to regularise temporary and contractual employees

The 'permanent' problem: Why is there a 'caste system' in govt employment?

One reason why the govt and associate entities are exploring contractual employment obviously is cost, and the other is productivity, notes T N Ninan

Size of India's gig economy, the challenges it faces and possible remedies

While the tribe of contractual workers is growing rapidly, many of the challenges they have been facing remain unaddressed

Delhi govt asks HoDs to ensure contractual employees get festive bonus

The Delhi government has asked the heads of all departments under it to ensure contractual or outsourced workers are paid bonus by their contractors during the ongoing festive season, officials said

Odisha government hikes remuneration of contractual staff by 50%

Odisha government Monday decided to increase the remuneration of contractual government employees by 50 per cent and henceforth refer to them as Initial appointees

IT hiring to grow 10-12% in 2021 as global purse strings loosen: TeamLease

Growth to be led by demand for contractual staff, advanced technology skills

Wistron's labour pains

Lessons from the controversy over unpaid workers

Auto manufacturers let go of contractual workers as slowdown bites

Availability of jobs at India's auto companies has shrunk significantly over the last two years, as the industry goes through one of its worst slowdowns

Contractual staff protest disrupts BSNL's restoration works post-Amphan

Agitators have kept about 10 small and four large exchanges under lock and key, and they are also threatening permanent BSNL employees at several locations in eight of its clusters

India's contract labour laws are riddled with incentives for corruption

The migrant workers' crisis is also the tra­gedy of contract workers, who have been growing in numbers over the years