Government of Goa amends the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules, 1946.

The State Government of Goa vide its gazette notification dated 21st  May 2020 has implemented the Central amendments on the Central Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018, 

Through this amendment, the term “fixed term employment workman” has been defined as a workman who has been engaged on the basis of a written contract of employment for a fixed period, Provided that his hours of work, wages, allowances and other benefits shall not be less than that of a permanent workman and he shall be eligible for all statutory benefits available to a permanent workman proportionately according to the period of service rendered by him even if his period of employment does not extend to the qualifying period of employment required in the statute.

Further, No employer of an industrial establishment shall convert the posts of the permanent workmen existing in his industrial establishment as fixed-term employment and for termination of an employer no notice of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of a temporary workman and no workman employed on fixed-term employment basis as a result of non-renewal of contract or employment or on the expiry of such contract period without it being renewed, shall be entitled to any notice or pay in lieu thereof, if his services are terminated.

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