Jammu: With reference to the news item “Employees Compensation Act not applicable to industrial units” published on 18-11-2017 in some daily newspapers, a spokesman of the Labour Department Saturday clarified that the compensation to the employee or his / her dependent is to be provided by the employer through any one of the legally available/ eligible provisions i.e. Employees State Insurance Act 1948 or through any other Insurance policy scheme obtained by the employer or in case not covered under any insurance policy, then out of resources of the employer.
He said contention of the Bari Brahmana Industrial Association that in Bari-Brahmana area Employees Compensation Act 1923 is not applicable and instead Employees State Insurance Act 1948 is applicable is not a fact as the employees working in units/establishments having less than 10 employees, establishments/units which are seasonal in nature and the employees whose salary / wages is more than Rs. 21000 per month in units in Bari-Brahmana area are not eligible under Employees State Insurance Scheme and as such the employees of above mentioned three categories are to be compensated as per the provisions of the Employees Compensation Act 1923.
It is as such once again clarified that sole purpose of the advertisement was to create awareness in the public in general and employees working in private sector in particular about their right to be compensated in case of injury / death arising out of and in the course of their employment with their employer and not the mode / procedure to be adopted for getting compensation.
