Coimbatore: When guest workers have not returned, small industries in this district struggle to continue production full despite relaxation covid.
Covid has taught them not to depend on guest workers.
“The right mechanism for potential labor skills in the country must be urgently identified and implemented gradually for independence,” said the President of the Coimbatore Regency Small Industry Association (Codissia) M V.
Ramesh Babu.
“The existing scheme must be reviewed and the new scheme must be planned.” Coimbatore has around 1.5 lakh guest workers, most of which are left for their original country.
Industrialists, who met the Minister of Welfare of State Workers C.
Ganesan during his recent visit to the city, told him about the challenges they face.
In addition to creating domestic workers, subsidies must be provided to build hostels for guest workers so that they ensure the right accommodation during the crisis period such as a covid pandemic, they said.
They want the state government to allocate funds for the development of skills and bear the burden of accommodation for rural workers trained, and provide salaries during the training period.
Kodissia members submitted a memorandum to include their requirements, which included the signing of the MoU between the Rural Development Department, the district industry center and industry associations to prepare a skill development center where rural labor can be trained.
Codissia representatives also urge the government to simplify employment laws.
Working hours must be increased from nine hours per day to 12 hours and 54 hours per week to 72 hours without overtime payments, words of memorandum.
Section 9A, which prohibits employers from changing service conditions in connection with the problems mentioned in the fourth schedule and section 33 which limits employers to change the condition of the service during the suffering of the conciliation process before the conciliation office must be suspended for three parts.
year, he added.