Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994 and the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Social Security and Welfare Scheme, 2006 and 14 Other Welfare Schemes Under the Act

What the notifications do

G.O. Ms. No. 134, Labour and Employment (I.1), dated 18th November 2014, contains separate notifications amending welfare schemes made under the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982. The Governor of Tamil Nadu made the amendments after consultation with the Advisory Committee.

The amendments make the following textual changes:

• In the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994, the expression “two years” is replaced by “five years” in clause 5(4)(b) and in two places in the table under clause 6.
• In the other listed schemes, “two years” is replaced by “five years” in clause 9(3)(b) and clause 14(1).
• The source does not explain the practical purpose of these periods or identify the particular benefit, eligibility condition or procedure connected with them.

Schemes and workers affected

G.O. Ms. No. 134 applies to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Social Security and Welfare Scheme, 2006, and schemes covering the following groups:

• Construction workers and unorganised drivers.
• Washermen, hair dressers and tailoring workers.
• Handicraft workers, palm tree workers, artists and goldsmiths.
• Handloom and handloom silk weaving workers.
• Footwear and leather goods manufactory and tannery workers.
• Pottery workers and powerloom weaving workers.
• Street vending and shops and establishments workers.

Workers, administrators and professionals dealing with these schemes should read the relevant scheme using the amended five year wording rather than the former two year wording in the identified provisions.

Relevance to property matters

G.O. Ms. No. 134 is a labour welfare notification. It does not set out rules on land ownership, property registration, planning permission, land use or construction approval. A property buyer or owner is therefore not addressed merely because of owning or buying property, although a person covered by one of the named occupational welfare schemes may need to consider the amendment in that capacity.