Karnataka Daily Wage Employees' welfare Act, 2012
No: 19 Dated: Feb, 14 2013
Karnataka Daily Wage Employees' welfare Act, 2012
An Act to provide for welfare of daily wage employees working for more than ten years in various establishments in the State.
Whereas, it is expedient to provide for welfare of the daily wage employees working for more than ten years in various establishments and to give them minimum security of tenure, better wage and certain social security on termination from long public service and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
Be it enacted in the sixty third year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Daily Wage Employees Welfare Act, 2012.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "The daily wage employee" means an employee engaged by the Government or local bodies on daily wage basis, who has worked and completed not less than 10 years of service as daily wage employee as on 10th April, 2006 and who is working as such on the date of commencement of this Act;
(b) "The Government" means the Government of Karnataka;
(c) "The Establishment" means an establishment in the Government or in any local bodies;
(d) "Local bodies" means various Local self Governments, Panchayats and Municipal bodies constituted by law by the Government and in corporations including statutory or non-statutory authorities or Boards and Government undertakings.