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The Supreme Court of India gave a progressive judgement directing the garment manufacturing company Godavari garments to pay Provident Fund dues of 1 million Indian rupees to Home based women workers employed by them within a month.
#Thread:
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#Thread:
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In the case from 1991, the PF office issued a notice to Godavari garments (Govt of Maharashtra undertaking) to pay Provident Fund contributions for its women workers under Section 2(f) of the EPF Act after it was revealed that the Company defaulted on salary payments.
The Company argued that home-based women workers could not be classified as “employees” because
-Sewing machines not owned by company
-They worked at home and not Co. production centers
-Co. had no supervisory control over them
-Sewing machines not owned by company
-They worked at home and not Co. production centers
-Co. had no supervisory control over them
The new Andhra government led by @ysjagan has increased the monthly salary of Accredited Social Health Activists (#ASHA) workers in the state to Rs 10,000 from Rs 3,000 as promised in his manifesto.
A thread on #ASHA workers salaries in other states:
A thread on #ASHA workers salaries in other states:
ASHA workers- a women only cadre in India’s Community Health Workforce- are a link between the community and the government healthcare services under the National Rural Health Mission. They are assigned 43 functions with a fixed remuneration for each.
#ASHA #GenderAndLabour
#ASHA #GenderAndLabour
ASHA workers are at the frontline of carrying out several key govt health services- immunisation, pre & post natal care, monitoring child health, and prevention of diseases like malaria & TB. Plus, they maintain copious amounts of health data.
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