Question

Under which sector organized or unorganized would you put a labour who is working under a contractor

Answer 1

(i) A teacher taking classes in a school. (ii) A head load worker carrying a bag of cement on his back in a market. (iii) A farmer irrigating her field. (iv) A doctor in a hospital treating a patient. (v) A daily wage labourer working under a contractor. (vi) A factory worker going to work in a big factory. (vii) A handloom weaver working in her house.

Answer 2

Under unorganized sector I would put a labor who is working under a contractor.

Explanation:

• According to the Unorganized Workers' Social Security Act, 2008, workers of Unorganized sector are home based worker, self-employed worker or a wage worker in the unorganized sector.
• It also includes a worker in the organized sector who is not covered by any of the Acts mentioned in Schedule-II of Act i.e. the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923, the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948, the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 and the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
• Labor working under a contractor in generally a unorganized sector labor as there are no rules and guidelines for them while working.

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