Parliament Parliament of India
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.
Who it concerns: The law applies to inter-state migrant workers and the entities regulating their employment, as defined in the principal Act of 1979.
What the bill does
- 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.
Also in the document
- The amendment is based on recommendations from a Task Force constituted for the amendment of Labour Laws concerning women and children.
- The primary objective stated is to make the Act gender-neutral.
Where this bill is now: Introduced
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Parliament of India — Bills (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)
Bill / law · Ref. XXXIV · 18 Aug 2011
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