Contract Labour Act welfare provisions covering sections 16-21 (canteen requirements, rest-rooms, other facilities, first-aid facilities, liability of principal employer, responsibility for payment of wages), inspector appointment (Section 28), maintenance of registers and records (Section 29), general information about contract labor entitlements, guidelines, risks involved in engaging contract labor.
Contract Labour Regulation and Registration covering objective, evolution (1859-1970 timeline, came into effect Feb 10, 1971), applicability (20 or more workmen, employer and contractor), not applicable to cases, definitions (abolition, regulation, contract labour, establishment, principal employer, contractor Section 2(c), workmen Section 2(i)), registration vs licensing comparison table, contract vs regular labour comparison, advisory boards (central and state advisory contract labor boards).
Contract labour case study covering Maruti Manesar incident analysis, increasing contractual labor deployment to reduce costs, contractual workers getting only quarter of regular worker wages, National Labour Institute study (55% workforce on contract, poorly paid), dissatisfaction reasons, law permitting contract workers to form unions, Joint Action Committee urging government amendment for Rs.10,000 minimum wages, counterargument (strikes and lockouts decreasing, contract labor enables large workforce, brings employability/flexibility/specialization, enables industrial competitiveness, offers large-scale employment generation), debate on whether contract labor is problem or solution.