The objective of the Contract Labour Act is to regulate the employment of Contract Labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for manners connected therewith.
The Act empowers the Central or State Governments to prohibit the employment of Contract Labour in any process or operation.
Applicability
The Contract Labour Act extends to whole of India.
It applies to every establishment or contractor wherein 20 or more workmen are or were employed on any day of the preceding 12 months as contract labour.
The appropriate government is empowered to extend the application of the act to any establishment or contractor employing even less than 20 workers as Contract labour.
The Act is not applicable to establishment in which work is only of an intermittent or casual nature. Work performed in an establishment for more than 120 days in the preceding 12 months or work of a seasonal nature and performed for more than 60 days in a year, shall NOT be deemed to be work of an intermittent nature.
