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Sheetal Prabhune
M.S.W- H.R., Researcher,
Faculty of Management,
Aurangabad University, Aurangabad
Maharashtra
Email - sheetalprabhune@gmail.com
the government civil hospital of Maharashtra State in employee-employer relationship and the method of
Ahmednagar District. The study was mainly carried out wage payment. The contract workers do not have any
with the objectives to know about the working and service direct relationship with the principal employer. It has
conditions and understanding the various aspects of a distinct way of working unlike in any other classes
contract labourers such as availability of social security of labour like permanent, temporary, casual, etc. The
schemes, welfare measures and health and safety. This contract system is based on triangular relationship
paper reflects on the major findings of the study in the
between the user enterprises, the contractors
concerned area.
including the sub –contractors and the worker. The
establishment providing work to the contractor has no
Keywords: Contract Labour, Health Care Industry, direct responsibility towards the workers appointed
Civil Hospital, working and service conditions, social by the contractors. The origin of Contract labour can
security schemes, welfare measures, health and safety
be traced back to the emergence of the small scale
industries which found it economically unfeasible or
1. Introduction unviable to undertake all activities of the production
process themselves and therefore got some part of
Contract labour is a significant and growing form of
work done on workers hired on contract basis. In
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Colonial Times, the British employers and their Commission (1860) recommended the abolition of
representatives depended on the middlemen who contract labour by implication. Before 1860, in
helped them in recruitment and control of labour addition to the many disadvantages suffered by the
mainly because they found it ribosome to deal with contract labour, the Workman's Breach of Contract
the diversity of cultural issues like castes/religions Act 1859 operated in holding them criminally
taboos, languages, lack of mobility etc. These responsible in the event of a breach of contract
middlemen and contractors were known by different service.
names in different part of the country. The system is Use of Contract Labour in Health Care
more prevalent in almost all types of activities in Industry:
industry, agriculture and allied activities, and service The health care industry is significantly different
sectors.
from its manufacturing counterparts. Hospital
period with the expansion of construction activity for growth, fair distribution of work, reward and
following substantial investment in the Plans. During harmonious relationship. Quality care begins with
the early period of industrialization, the industrial HRM. Customer satisfaction is the key to retain
establishments were always faced with the problems
customers likewise job satisfaction is important for
of labour recruitment. Low status of factory workers,
keeping staff nurses on the job. Job satisfaction in
lack of labour mobility, caste and religious taboo,
staff nurses should be of great concern to any health
language, etc., were some of the problems with which
services organization.
most of the employers in general and British
Employers or their representatives, in particular were
Recruiting and retaining the right mix of qualified
not familiar. They were unable to solve these
personnel have always been challenges for hospitals,
problems. Therefore, they had to depend on
and these tasks have become even more difficult in
middlemen who helped them in recruitment and
control of labour. These middle men or contractors recent years for a number of reasons. For one, the
were known by different names in various parts of available workforce is shrinking as experienced
the country. workers age and as fewer young people enter health
Contract Labourers were considered as exploited careers. The result is considerable competition for
section of the working class mainly due to lack of qualified nurses and other clinical professionals. This
organisation on their part. Due to this, the Whitley
study focuses on the problems faced by the contract
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labourers working in civil hospital Ahmednagar. 91.7 % of respondents are not satisfied from their
very long period for anybody to work without any majority of them do not have any chance of
reason that because of “Heavy Work Load” the rights. Workers therefore, were not satisfied and were
respondents get stressed on work. not willing to work properly. With the help of the
According to the contract labours; they get more Union they tried to raise their voices against the
stressed while working as compared to the permanent government by frequent implementation of strikes.
employees. The researcher has tried her level best to catch
The answers given by the respondents state that, through the problems and suggestions of the contract
government as a principal employer appoints labours, in front of the government as this was a very
employees on contract than on permanent directly ambitious project of the researcher. However, efforts
because Government gets more number of workers in can be made to explore more, on this subject by detail
less money, as the contract labors get less salary than study. There is a need for government to come
the permanent employees. The majority of the forward and work for the welfare and betterment of
respondents 46 (76.7%) of them were not aware the contract labours.
about the rights of a contract labors. Respondents
were not aware about their rights likewise they are
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