Tag: contract

Thousands of contract workers are employed by different contractors from various parts of the country, in the two bases of the Indian Navy under the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi and Kannur in Kerala. These contract workers are denied the statutory minimum wages.  They have no job security and no social security measures. According to a notification issued by the Union government, they are eligible for wages of Rs 617 per day, which is supposed to be revised every six months. However, workers employed by several contract companies have complained that they are not being paid these wages.