Bill replaces 'workmen' with 'workers' to make law gender-neutral
This Bill amends the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979, to replace the terms 'workman' and 'workmen' with 'worker' and 'workers' throughout the legislation. The change is intended to make the law's language gender-neutral.
The law applies to inter-state migrant workers and the entities regulating their employment, as defined in the principal Act of 1979.
- Substitutes the word 'workmen' with 'workers' in the long title of the principal Act.
- Substitutes the word 'Workmen' with 'Workers' in Section 1 of the principal Act.
- Replaces all occurrences of 'workman' and 'workmen' with 'worker' and 'workers' throughout the principal Act, including necessary grammatical adjustments.
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Where this law is now — Introduced
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Document details
| Official title | THE INTER-STATE MIGRANT WORKMEN (REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT BILL, 2011 |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) |
| Reference number | XXXIV |
| Status | active (bill) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |