The Union government has issued a draft notification to allow all businesses to offer fixed-term contracts to workers. This will enable industries to hire workers for short-term assignments and terminate their services once the projects are completed.
The Labour and Employment Ministry brought back the proposal, junked earlier last year, after receiving a demand from various quarters of the industry, especially food processing and leather sectors. The government had allowed fixed-term employment only for apparel manufacturing sector so far and had proposed to extend it to ...
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First Published: Wed, January 10 2018. 01:36 IST
