Employment Department - G.O.(Ms) No.157 Labour & Employment (I2)department

Year : 2016 GO.(Ms)No.65 Dt: March 01, 2016   

• Labour – Tamil Nadu Manual Workers(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982 (Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1982)

• Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994 

• Extending Personal Accident Relief to the Unregistered Construction Workers for the accidents at work site.

LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (I2) DEPARTMENT

 

1.G.O.(Ms) No.157, Labour & Employment (I2)department, dated 11.12.2014.

2.From the Commissioner of Labour,Chennai-600 006,letter No.W1/36146/14,dated 01.04.2015.

 

ORDER:

 

1. In the Government Order first read above,the personal accident relief paid to the nominees of the family of the deceased Construction Worker registered with the Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board,was enhanced from Rupees one lakh to five lakh in the case of death due to accident that happened at work site during the course of employment.

2. In the letter second read above, the Commissioner of Labour has sent proposals for extending the personal accident relief to the Unregistered Construction Workers also in case of death due to accident sat work site.

3. After careful examination of the proposal of Commissioner of Labour, the Government hereby make amendments to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994 ,so as to extend the personal accident relief to the Unregistered Construction Workers in case of accidents at work site.

4. Accordingly, the appended Notifications will be published in the Extraordinary issue of Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.The Works Manager,Government Central Press, Chennai-600 079 is requested to send 50 copies of the Gazette to the Government and50 copies to the Commissioner of Labour,Chennai–600 006.

5. The Secretary to Government, Tamil Development and  Information(Translations) Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 is requested to send the Tamil translation of the Notifications to the Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-600 079 for the publication in Tamil Nadu Government Gazette.