The Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969
The Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1969
The Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and other Manual Workers Act, 1969, regulates the employment, working conditions, and welfare of unprotected manual laborers, such as loaders and stackers, in Maharashtra. It applies to these informal workers and their employers across various commercial sectors, including grocery markets, factories, and railway yards. This legislation matters because it secures the basic rights of vulnerable workers by establishing governing boards to register them, guarantee minimum wages, improve health and safety standards, and provide social security benefits like provident funds. By structuring this informal workforce, the Act prevents exploitation, standardizes terms, and ensures regular employment opportunities.
- 1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Schemes for ensuring regular employment of unprotected workers.
- 4. Making, variation and revocation of scheme.
- 5. Disputes regarding application of scheme.
- 6. Constitution of Board.
- 6A. Power of State Government to appoint Board consisting of one person.
- 7. Power and duties of Board.
- 8. Accounts and audit.
- 9. Disqualifications and removal.
- 10. Resignation of office by Member.
- 11. Vacancy to be filled as early as possible.
- 12. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
- 13. Determination of monies due from employers and workers.
- 14. Advisory Committee.
- 15. Inspectors and their powers.
- 16. Prohibition of employment of children.
- 17. Offence to be tried by Labour Court.
- 17A. Labour Court under Bombay Industrial Relations Act to be Labour Court under this Act also.
- 17B. Cognizance of offence on complaint.
- 17C. Appeal from Labour Court to Industrial Court.
- 17D. Industrial Court under Bombay Industrial Relations Act to be Industrial Court under this Act also.
- 17E. Decision of Labour Court and Industrial Court not to be questioned in any Civil or Criminal Court.
- 17F. Cases to be disposed of by Labour Court and Industrial Court within three months.
- 17G. Other relevant provisions of Bombay Industrial Relations Act to apply and to be followed.
- 18. Application of Workmen's Compensation Act to unprotected workers.
- 19. Application of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to workers.
- 20. Application of Maternity Benefit Act to unprotected women workers.
- 21. Right and privileges under other laws not affected, in certain cases.
- 22. Exemptions.
- 23. Enquiry into working of the Board.
- 24. Supersession of the Board.
- 25. Contracting out.
- 26. Amendment of Schedule.
- 27. General penalty for offences.
- 27-1A. Compound of Offences
- 27A. Protection of action taken under this Act.
- 28. Rules.
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