Lok Sabha Question No. 3473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Implementation of Labour Laws
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3473 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015

## IMPLEMENTATION OF LABOUR LAWS

## 3473. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether  the  Government  is  monitoring  the  implementation  of  the wage board recommendation for journalists and received a number of  complaints  of  exploitation  of  employees  under  violation  of  the said recommendation;
- (b)if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the action taken
- by the Government in this regard;
- (c)whether  various  companies/establishment  including  M/s.  Jagran Publication refused to accept the recommendation of the said wage board  and  out  large-scale  retrenchment/dismissal  of  workers  for demanding their entitled wages and arrears as per the wage board notification; and
- (d)if  so,  the  reaction  of  the  Government  thereto  along  with  the corrective steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a) to (d): The recommendations  of  the last Wage  Boards  viz. Majithia  Wage  Boards  were  notified  in  the  Gazette  of  India  by  the Central Government on 11.11.2011 under section 12 of the said Act, subject  to  the  decision  of  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  in  the  Writ Petition(Civil) No. 246 of 2011. The Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated 7 th   February,  2014  have  upheld  the  said  notification.  This  was intimated to the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations  on  14 th   March,  2014  as  the  implementation  of  the recommendations of the Wage Boards lies with them under Section 17 and 17B of the said Act.

However,  the  Central  Government  has  constituted  a  Central Level Monitoring Committee (CLMC) to review the progress of implementation  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Wage  Boards.  Chief Ministers  and  Labour  Ministers  of  the  States  have  been  requested demi-officially in 2015 to ensure implementation of the recommendations of the Wage Boards. Regional Meetings were held in different  parts  of  the  country  under  the  Chairpersonship  of  Hon'ble LEM to apprise the States for expeditious implementation.

Complaints received from employees of newspaper establishments  including  M/s  Jagran  Prakashan  Ltd.  regarding  nonimplementation  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Wage  Boards  are forwarded to the concerned State Governments who are the competent authorities under the said Act to ensure their implementation.    A  statement  showing  the  State/UT  wise  list  of complaints received is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3473 FOR ANSWER ON 21.12.2015 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF LABOUR LAWS

STATE /UNION TERRITORY WISE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED REGARDING NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJITHIA WAGE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS

| STATE / U. T.              |   NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED |
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Island |                               0 |
| Andhra Pradesh             |                               2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh          |                               0 |
| Assam                      |                               1 |
| Bihar                      |                               2 |
| Chandigarh                 |                               1 |
| Chhattisgarh               |                               3 |
| Dadar and Nagar Haveli     |                               0 |
| Daman and Diu              |                               0 |
| Delhi                      |                              19 |
| Goa                        |                               0 |
| Gujarat                    |                               2 |
| Haryana                    |                               7 |
| Himachal Pradesh           |                               0 |
| Jammu & Kashmir            |                               0 |
| Jharkhand                  |                               1 |
| Karnataka                  |                               5 |
| Kerala                     |                               3 |
| Lakshadweep                |                               0 |
| Madhya Pradesh             |                               4 |
| Maharashtra                |                              10 |
| Manipur                    |                               0 |
| Meghalaya                  |                               1 |
| Mizoram                    |                               0 |
| Nagaland                   |                               0 |
| Odisha                     |                               3 |
| Puducherry                 |                               1 |
| Punjab                     |                               5 |
| Rajasthan                  |                              13 |
| Sikkim                     |                               0 |
| Tamil Nadu                 |                               6 |
| Telangana                  |                               1 |
| Tripura                    |                               0 |
| Uttarakhand                |                               0 |
| Uttar Pradesh              |                              22 |
| West Bengal                |                               1 |
| TOTAL                      |                             113 |

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