Information & PR ( Frequently Asked Questions )

Question No- 1 What is the role of I & P.R. department?

Answer - The role of I & P.R. Department is to disseminating information to the public on various programmes plan and policies of the State Government as well as informing various problems of the public to the Government.

Question No- 2 What is press information service and how it is helpful to media publication? 

Answer - Sharing of information through Press is known as Press Information service. The press information will release press note, Press hand-outs, backgrounder and features for publications in the News papers for general awareness of the public.

Question No- 3 What is the role of information center and how it is helpful to the public? How many information centers are functioning now in Keonjhar District?

Answer - The role of information centre is to inform, educate and entertain to masses. The public is collectively benefited by listening to Radio, watching Televisions and reading Newspapers, Magazines, various books at the information centre. There are four information centre-cum-reading room functioning in the district i.e. Keonjhar, Champua, Anandapur and Ghatgaon.

Question No- 4 Is there any other media for effective publicity of the Government programme?

Answer - Besides Press and Electronic Media the traditional media has played a vital role for effective publicity in the rural areas. Through traditional entertainment programmes i.e. folk dance, folk songs, various information of the Government will be injected to the rural areas for educating informing and entertaining masses.

Question No- 5 What steps are taken by I&P.R. department to remember important events of the nation as well as local area?

Answer - The I & P.R. Department is very careful to remember important historical events of the nation as well as local area. For general awareness and influencing the masses to take active parts for safeguarding of independence, to follow up the life style of eminent leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Subas Chandra Bose, Dharanidhar Nayak etc. The I & P.R. Department observes Independence Day, Republic Day, Orissa Day, Subas Bose Jayanti, Gandhi Jayanti, Dharanidhar Jayanti.

Question No- 6 How a common people apply for a Cinema Show and Dashkathia show.

Answer - For this they have to apply to the District Information and Public Relations Officer in plain paper.

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Labour & Employment ( Frequently Asked  Questions )

District Labour Office

Question No-1 What is Minimum wages?

Answer - Wages fixed under Act for different schedule employments by

Labour and Employment Department , Government  of Orissa.

Question No-2 What is the present rate of minimum wages and when does it come in to force?

Answer -A. Category of labour-

i) Un-skilled. Rs. 40/- per day.

ii) Semi-skilled. Rs. 48/- per day.

iii) Skilled. Rs. 56/- per day.

iv) High-skilled. Rs. 64/- per day.

and it is effective from 1.5.1999.

Question No-3 How many schedule employments are there under the Act?

Answer - 82.

Question No-4 What is the proforma to file complaint for non-receipt of minimum wages?

Answer - Simple application shall be filled in plain paper before the District

Labour Officer,Keonjhar indicating the name and details of the

Employer along with the work and amount of less payment and

Period of work.

Question No-5 How differential wages can be recovered?

Answer - Under section 20(2) by filing claim case either in person or through

Authorized legal practitioner or a registered trade union before the

Authority appointed under the Act.

Question No-6 Who are the authorities appointed under the Act?

Answer - The Addl. District Magistrate of the district, S.D.J.Ms. of the respective

Sub-division and Asst.Labour Commission, Rourkela.

Question No-7 What is wages?

Answer - Wages means all remuneration i.e. salary, allowances or otherwise

Expressed in terms of money for capable of being so expressed.

Question No-8 Who is eligible to avail of the benefit under the provision of payment of wages Act?

Answer - A worker drawing wages less than Rs.1600/- per month is eligible.

Question No-9 What is the procedure in the case of non-payment of wages to a worker?

Answer - 1) A worker can file complaint before the labour machinery for the cause of his non-payment or

delay in payment of wages in a plain application indicating the details of the name and address of the employer, wage period, nature of work and amount of unpaid or delayed wages.

A worker can file complaint U/S-15(2) of the P.W.Act’1936 in form’C" before the S.D.J.M. of respective sub-division or before the A.D.M. of the District or Asst. Labour Commissioner, Rourkela through legal practitioner or officers of a trade union.

Question No-10 What is the date of payment?

Answer - In the case of establishment employing more than 1000 labour, wages of the month shall be paid within 10^th and in the case of less than 1000 labour within 7^th of the succeeding month.

Question No-11 Who is a child laboarer?

Answer - A child who has not completed his/her fourteenth year of age.

Question No-12 Can a child be employed in Hazardous occupation/process/operation?

Answer - No. Prohibited under See-3 of the child labour (prohibition and regulation) Act, 1986.

Question No-13 Can a child be employed in non-hazardous establishment, if so what is the condition ?

Answer - Yes. A child can be employed to work in a regulated employment. The child shall work for 3 hours with one hour rest. Then he will work for one and half hours.

Question No-14 Who is an inter-state migrant workman?

Answer - Inter State migrant workman means any person who is recruited by or through a contractor in one State for employment in an establishment in another State.

Question No-15 What should be the role of a person going outside the State for employment?

Answer - The person should inform the local police, local labour machinery, local B.D.O., Sarapanch about migration to other State. So that his details as well as the details of the contractor recruiting him and the details of the establishment of the outside State (where the person will be employed) can be available for speedy redressal of the grievances of the migrant workman. But the persons migrating to other States do not do so.

Question No-16 What a person will do in the case of non-payment of his wages and also in the case of retrenchment/ termination of his services under the I.D.Act,1947?

Answer - i) A person in the case of non-payment of wages shall file complaint before the local labour machinery or under sec.15(2) of the P.W.Act before the Authority under the P.W. Act i.e. A.D.M.(K) or S.D.J.M. of the respective sub-divisions. If the wages of the person exceeds Rs.1600/- a month, he can file complaint U/S. 33-C(2) of I.D.Act’1947 before the Labour Court of the respective area for computation of his wages.

ii) In the case of retrenchment, the retrenched employees shall prefer a complaint either in person or through a trade union before the Conciliation Officer under the I.D.Act. i.e. the District Labour Officer or Asst. Labour Officer of the respective area for enquiring into the complaint for an amicable settlement.

Question No-17 How many days of National and Festival holidays are allowed to a labour?

Answer - 4 National and 4 Festival holidays with wages shall be allowed to an employee by his employer during a year.

National holidays Festival holidays

26^th January Any 4 festival holidays

1^st May, availed of by the workmen

15^th August & of the area.

2^nd October.

Question No-18 Is a person required to take registration and renewal of his shop/ Commercial establishment within the Municipal/NAC area? If so where and what is the fees for registration?

Answer - Yes. For Keonjhar Municipality and Anandapur NAC in the office of the District Labour Officer,Keonjhar and for Barbil/Joda Municipality, in the office of the Asst. Labour Officer,Champua.

No. of workers employed Fees

In shops/ Comm. Establishment.

1 to 9 15.00

10 to 19 30.00

20

Question No-19 Who is contractor?

Answer - A person who undertakes to produce a given results for the establishment through contract labour of who supplies contract labour for any work of the establishment and includes a sub-contractor.

Question No-20 Who is a Principal employer?

Answer - i) In relation to any office or department of the Government or a local authority the head of that office or department or such other officer as the Government or the local authority, as the case may be, may specified in this behalf.

ii) in a factory the owner or occupier or manager of the factory.

iii) in a mine the owner or manager of the mine.

iv) in any other establishment any person responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment.

Question No-21Can a contractor execute or undertake any work through contract labour except and in accordance with a license?

Answer - No, a contractor can not execute any work through contract labour without obtaining a licence.

Question No-22 What are the procedures for obtaining a labour license?

Answer - A contractor employing 20 or more labourers is required to take a license from the District Labour Officer-cum-Licensing Officer,Keonjhar.

Fees and license :-

No.of workers for Security money License fees.

which license is @ Rs.30/- per

required. labour.

20 600.00 40.00

21 to 50 @ Rs.30/- per each labour. 100.00

51 to 100 -do- 200.00

101 to 200 -do- 400.00

201 to 400 -do- 800.00

401 and above -do- 1000.00

N.B.- Security money is refundable to the contractor on completion of

Work and after obtaining a clearance certificate from the Principal employer.

Question No-23 Is the Principal employer required to comply any law?

Answer - Yes, the principal employer is required to register his establishment before the District Labour Officer and Registering Officer, Keonjhar.

No.of workman proposed to be Fees

Employed by the contractor. 40.00

21 to 50 100.00

51 to 100 200.00

101 to 200 400.00

201 to 400 800.00

401 and above 1000.00

Question No-24Is there any discrimination in the rate of remuneration payable to men and women labourers employed in same work or work of a similar nature?

Answer - No, there is no discrimination in the rate of wages payable to both men and women labourers employed in same work or the work of a similar nature.

Question No-25 In there any discrimination in the rate of minimum wages payable to male and female employees?

Answer - No, there is no discrimination in the rate of minimum wages payable to make and female employees.

Question No-26 What is the provision for registration of a Motor transport undertaking?

Answer - i) An employer employing even one labour i.e. driver, helper or coolly etc. in his Motor Transport undertaking is required to take a labour registration of his Motor Transport undertaking from the District Labour Officer-cum-registering authority, Keonjhar under the provision of Motor Transport Workers Act.

ii) Fees for the registration is Rs.100/- which shall be deposited in form of Treasury challan and the challan shall be enclosed to the application for registration to the District Labour Officer-cum-Registering Authority, Keonjhar.

Question No-27 When the payment of gratuity Act is applicable to an establishment?

Answer - The Act is applicable to an establishment in which ten or more persons are employed or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve month.

Question No-28 When an employ is eligible to get gratuity?

Answer - An employ who has rendered service for a period of not less than 5 years on wages is eligible to get gratuity from his employer at that time of superannuating, retirement, resignation or death.

Question No-29 When compensation is payable to a workman under the workman’s compensation Act’1923?

Answer - Compensation is payable to a workman if personal injury is cause to him by accident arising out of and in that course of his employment.

Question No-30 When compensation is payable to the dependants of workmen?

Answer - In the case of death/accident of a workman arising out of or in the course of his employment, compensation is payable to the dependants of the deceased workman.

Question No-31 What is the limitation of filing application before a Compensation Commissioner?

Answer - Within two years from the date of the accident.

Question No-32 Where is the compensation court situated and who are the commissioners for W.C. under  the Act?

Answer - The Court of the Commissioner for Workmen’s compensation for Keonjhar district is situated at Keonjhar and at Rourkela.

Addl. District Magistrate, Keonjhar is the Commissioner for workmen’s compensation for Keonjhar District.

Asst. Labour Commissioner, Rourkela is the Commissioner for workmen’s compensation Act direct before the Commissioner or through a legal practitioner.

Injured person/dependants of a deceased can file case under the workmen’s compensation Act direct before the Commissioner or through a legal practitioner.

Form-F has been prescribed for application by injured person and Form-G by dependants of the deceased of workman.

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Labour & Employment ( Frequently Asked Questions )

District Employment Office

Question No-1 What does Employment Exchange do  for self-employment ?

Answer - The Employment Exchange  registers the names of the un-employed job seekers for employment in different sectors and imparts guidance to such registrants in the Employment premises regarding information about job avenues.

Question No-2

Answer - It collects quarterly employment market information return and biennial returns from all public sector employees as well as private sector employees employing 25 persons and more in organized sector regarding employment position in their establishment, forecast of vacancies, shortage and surplus of manpower requirement and compile such report received from then for transmission of the same to Govt.of India, Ministry of Labour , D.G.E and T, New Delhi, State Govt., in the Labour and Employment Department and State Directorates of Employment for information and review.

          Submission of such quarterly and biennial return by the Employer is a statutory requirement under the provision of the Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies Act,1959 and Employment Exchange(CNV) Rules-1960.

Question No-3 How does an Employment Exchange help the students of High Schools and Colleges   ?

Answer - The Employment Officer delivers career talk to the students of High School and colleges in the class room and organize career conference/career seminars/career exhibition in such educational institutions under the vocational guidance and Employment Counseling programme to make the students aware of various job avenues, technical training, vocational training facilities, self employment opportunity etc. at pre-matric and post matric stage and to held planning their future career with reference to their attainment, ability, aptitude and interest.

Question No-4 What action have taken by the Employment Exchange against the defaulting sectors  ?

Answer - The Employment Officer inspects the records of Public and Private sector employers from time to time in order to see whether the establishments are observing various provisions out lined in the Employment Exchange(CNV)Act, 1959 enacted by the Govt.of India  and provisions out lined in the Employment Exchange (CNV) Rules, 1960 made by the State Government  correctly and in right perspective and takes legal action against the erring/defaulting establishments under the provisions of the said Act and Rules.

Question No-5 How does the Employment Exchange sponsored the names of the Job seekers  ?

Answer - The Employment Exchange sponsors the names of the eligible candidates to the employer for consideration for interview and test against the vacancies notified by them. In order to maintain honesty, impartiality and fairness in sponsoring the names of candidates, due care is taken to sponsor candidates from the Annual select list or from the Live Register as the case may be strictly in order of seniority in registration as per the prescribed ratio of submission.

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