Employee in Construction Industry: Brief Notes

·               Laws relating to employment

·               Laws relating to the welfare of the employees

     Securing the safety health & welfare

     Wages & priority over wages, liability of contractors & principals, and workmen’s compensation

LAWS RELATING TO THE WELFARE OF THE EMPLOYEES

A.     Securing the safety, health & welfare

·           The application of       Occupational Safety & Health Act 1994

Factories &Machinery Act 1967 (& Regulations)

B.      Wages

     Priority of wages

     Employment Act 1955

                   ss. 31 & 33

    Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952

     Liability of principal & contractor

           Section 19