Rumours of migrant workers being assaulted in Tamil Nadu have triggered concern among manufacturers in the state.
What is the legal framework for migrant welfare? The
Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979 looks into the welfare of the labourers.
The Act mandates that the establishment which proposes to employ migrant workers be required to be registered with destination states.
Contractors will also have to obtain a licence from the concerned authority of the home states as well as the host states.
However, in practice, this Act has not been fully implemented.
This Act has been subsumed into the four broad labour codes notified by the Centre:
The Code on Wages, 2019;
The Industrial Relations Code, 2020;
The Code on Social Security, 2020; and
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.
These have
not been implemented yet.
Also, the registration under the inter-state migrant workers’ act is negligible
