In order to ease with the requirement of maintaining registers under different Acts Central Govt has introduced a new Rule with the name of “Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017”. The objective behind doing this is to cut short the maintenance of different register and merging them into a consolidated register under “Ease of Compliance to Maintain Registers under various Labour Laws Rules, 2017” . The combined register would also facilitate the Inspection and the maintenance of the same electronically with less effort.
The registers under the below mentioned Acts are taken into consideration to substitute the same with a new registers under this rule:-
(i) Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 (27 of 1996);
(ii) Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970);
(iii) Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976);
(iv) Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 (30 of 1979);
(v) Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952)
(vi) Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948);
(vii) Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936);
(viii) Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976 (11 of 1976); and
(ix) Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955);
The new registers that have been substituted with the old registers are mentioned below:-
| Substitution of the Register | |
| Form A | Form XV (Rule 240) under Building and other construction workers |
| Form XIII (Rule 75) under Contract Labour Act | |
| Form XIII (Rule 49) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act | |
| Form B,Form C,Form D (Rule 48(3)) under Mines Act | |
| Form B(Rule 51),Form B(Rule 77),Form B (Rule 77 A(2)) under the Mines Act | |
| Form B(Rule 23(a)),Form D (Rule 23 (c)) under the Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Services) | |
| Form D (Rule 37 (i)under the Working Journalists (condition of Services) | |
| Form B | Form XVI(Rule 240(1)(a) ),Form XXII (Rule 240 (1) (c) ) under Building and other construction workers |
| Form XVII(Rule 78 (a)(i) ,Form XXIII(Rule 78 (a)(iii) under Contract Labour Act | |
| Form D (Rule 6) under the Equal Remuneration Act | |
| Form XVIII(Rule 52(2)(a) ),Form XXII(Rule 52(2)(d) ) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act | |
| Form I (Rule 59) under the Mines Act | |
| Form IV (Rule 25(2)),Form X (Rule 26(1)) under the Minimum wages Act | |
| Form V (Rule 6) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service), | |
| Form III(Rule 5),Form IV A (Rule 17(1)) under the Payment of wages(mines) | |
| Form C | Form XIX,XX & XXI(Rule 240(1)(b)) under Building and other construction workers |
| Form XX ,XXI & XXII (Rule 78(a)(ii))under Contract Labour Act | |
| Form XIX,XX & XXI(Rule52(2)(c)) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act | |
| Form I,II (Rule 21(4)) under the Minimum wages Act | |
| Form II(Rule 4(2)),Form III(Rule 5),Form IX (Rule 17(3)),Form X (Rule 18(3)) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service) | |
| Form I(Rule 3(1)),Form II(Rule 4),Form VI(Rule 19(3) under the Payment of wages(mines) | |
| Form I(Rule 3(1),Form II(Rule 4(1)),Form V (Rule 18(3) ) under the Payment of wages(Railways) | |
| Form D | Form XVII(Rule 240(1)(a)) under Building and other construction workers |
| Form XVI (Rule 78(a)(i)) under Contract Labour Act | |
| Form XVII(Rule 52(2)(a)) under Inter State Migrant workmen Act | |
| Form E(Rule 48 (3)),Form C,Form D,Form E (Rule 78(1)),Form C(Rule 78(2)),Form D,Form E (Rule 78(3))under the Mines Act | |
| Form V (Rule 26(5)) under the Minimum wages Act | |
| Form IV (Rule 6) under Payment of wages (Air Transport Service) | |
| Form G (Rule 37(iv)) under the Working Journalists (condition of Services) | |
| Form E | Form F(Rule 49(4)) ,Form G,Form H (Rule 53) under the Mines Act |
| Form E (Rule 23(d)) under the Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Services), | |
| Form F (Rule 37(iii)) under the Working Journalists (condition of Services) | |
| Note:- | Rule 26(1a) under the Minimum wages (Central) shall be omitted |
| Rule 4(5) the word and figures “Part II of Form II” the words ,brackets and figures “Register referred to in sub rule (2) shall be substituted | |