A Contract Labour is the
- worker who is hired by or through a contractor to perform certain work; and also includes
- inter-State migrant workers,
- part-time employee.
The worker may or may not have knowledge of the principal employer.
The person who is regularly employed by the contractor for any activity and such employment
if is governed by mutually accepted standards of the employment conditions including
engagement on permanent basis, gets periodical increment in the pay, social security coverage
and other statutory welfare benefits, are NOT contract labours.