{"id":271665,"date":"2022-08-16T14:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=271665"},"modified":"2022-08-16T12:19:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T06:49:03","slug":"nlud-national-seminar-on-contractualisation-in-employment-17-18-sept-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/16\/nlud-national-seminar-on-contractualisation-in-employment-17-18-sept-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"NLUD | National Seminar on Contractualisation in Employment [17 – 18 Sept 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The National Labour Law Association, Delhi and the Centre for Transparency and Accountability in Governance, NLU Delhi in collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (India Office) are organising the National Seminar on Contractualisation in Employment \u2014 Law and Policy : Challenges and Solution from 17-18 September at the National Law University Delhi.<\/p>\n

About the Seminar<\/p>\n

The Corporates, pursuant to globalization and inherent competition, have generally been adopting Labour rationalization policies in order to reduce costs to be competitive. In pursuance of the same, several developed and developing countries have introduced plans like Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), lay-offs\/retrenchment, and closures both in the organized and the unorganized sectors. A significant shift has taken place in the sector from permanent to temporary, casual workers and now towards fixed-term contract employment. This has weakened the collective bargaining machinery. Instances are not lacking where permanent workers, including those from non-core activities, are removed and replaced by contractual workers through outsourcing to other firms or direct recruitment.<\/p>\n

Further, some States in India have exempted several small establishments from the purview of labour inspection. On the other hand, some employers have even offered lower wages to the workforce as a condition for reopening closed industries. Workers have been accepting such exploitative offers in the background of the non-existent social protection. Moreover, under the WTO regime, labour and economic policies seem to result in the closure or disappearance of many companies, especially those engaged in consumer goods. The major issue that emerges is how the industrial units which are sick or closed or under liquidation due to the worldwide economic crisis would be facilitated.<\/p>\n

The COVID19 pandemic has caused major havoc worldwide, including in India. The worst effect has been on the workers who have lost their jobs and other means of livelihood. In addition to this, the shrinking of national economies, declining trade, increasing inflations have created a humanitarian crisis in many parts of the world. Can the reform in laws and political posturing alone bring the economies out of the present crisis? Do we need to think of a new form of Social Contract?<\/p>\n

The Seminar will deliberate on the contemporary issues relating to the contractualisation of the workforce – policy and the law. In this context, an attempt would be made to draw lessons from the best practices followed in other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

The following sub-themes will be discussed \u2014<\/p>\n