State-specific compliance
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act in Maharashtra
How Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act applies to a business operating in Maharashtra, with state-specific authority, citations and current deadlines.
Definition
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act as it applies to businesses operating in Maharashtra. Principal employers engaging 50+ contract workers (Maharashtra threshold revised 2017) must register; contractors with 50+ workers must hold a licence. Common in powerloom clusters where job-work weavers are deployed by master weavers.
- SourceContract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 + Maharashtra Amendment 2017 — Section 7 (Principal employer registration) + Section 12 (Contractor licence)mahakamgar.maharashtra.gov.in
What it means in practice
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act is a Maharashtra-specific regulation administered by Labour Department, Government of Maharashtra.
May not trigger for a 22-worker direct-employment unit, but include — Kolhapur master-weaver units commonly cross 50 with job workers.
- SourceContract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 + Maharashtra Amendment 2017 — Section 7 (Principal employer registration) + Section 12 (Contractor licence)mahakamgar.maharashtra.gov.in
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Deadlines and penalty
Cadence: annual
Penalty for default: Engaging contract labour without registration/licence: fine up to Rs 1,000 + Rs 100 per day continuing offence (Sec 23–25).
Citations
- SourceContract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 + Maharashtra Amendment 2017 — Section 7 (Principal employer registration) + Section 12 (Contractor licence)mahakamgar.maharashtra.gov.in