NCEUS releases report on working conditions of workers

New Delhi July 9

The National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector (NCEUS) under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has released a report prescribing minimum conditions of work and introduction of a minimum social security for both agricultural and non-agricultural unorganised workers.
 
The report on Comprehensive Legislation for Protection of Unorganised Workers is a curtain raiser to the comprehensive landmark report on India's working poor to be presented to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and publicly released before the end of this month, an official release said.

The key recommendations of the report include an eight-hour working day with at least half-hour break, one paid day of rest, a statutory national minimum wage for all wage workers and home workers, employments specifically done by women to be brought on par with employment certified as being of equivalent value.

It also includes suggestions like penal interest on delayed payment of wages, no deduction of wages in the form of fines, right to organise, non-discrimination on the basis of sex, caste and religion, incidences of HIV/AIDS and place of origin and Protection from sexual harassment, provision of childcare and provision of basic amenities at the work place, the release added.