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  "text": "THE PUNJAB HOME-BASED WORKERS ACT 2023 \r\n(V of 2023) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Prohibition on employment \r\n4. Rights and entitlement \r\n5. Establishment of Fund \r\n6. Contribution to the Fund \r\n7. Registration \r\n8. Committees \r\n9. Powers and functions of settlement committees \r\n10. Appeal \r\n11. Maintenance of record \r\n12. Power to make rules \r\n13. Power to frame regulations \r\n14. Removal of difficulties \r\nAppendix \r\n  \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB HOME-BASED WORKERS ACT 2023 \r\n(V of 2023) \r\n[17 February 2023] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for protection of rights of home-based workers. \r\nIt is neces sary to make provisions for protection of rights of home -based workers for \r\nencouraging home -based workers as important stakeholders in the labour market and \r\nfor the ancillary matters. \r\nBe it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nPunjab Home-based Workers Act 2023. \r\n(2) This Act extends to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) This Act shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act: \r\n(a) “contractor” means a person, natural or legal, who agrees to carry out an \r\nassignment for economic profit or for the benefit of hirer and includes a \r\nsub-contractor or agent; \r\n(b) “contribution” means the sum of money payable by an employer in respect \r\nof a secured home -based worker and by a secured home -based worker to \r\nthe Fund; \r\n(c) “commercial establishment” means an establishment as defined in the \r\nPunjab Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969 (VIII of 1969);   \r\n(d) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Employees’ Social \r\nSecurity Institution as appointed under section 18 of the Provincial \r\nEmployees Social Security Institution Ordinance, 1965 (X of 1965); \r\n(e) “disablement” means a condition or injury, caused to a home-based worker \r\nduring the course of an employment having an impact of reducing his \r\nearning capacity permanently, certified by a medical practitioner authorized \r\nfor the purpose in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations; \r\nExplanation: Loss of earning capacity less than twenty per cent um \r\nshall be “minor” disablement;  the loss of earning capacity ranging from \r\ntwenty one per centum to sixty six per centum shall be \"partial\" ; and, shall \r\nbe \"total\" where the loss of earning capacity exceeds sixty six per centum; \r\n(f) “employer” means any person, establishment, office, firm, factory, society, \r\nundertaking, company, shop or enterprise, whether incorporated or not, \r\nwhich employs home -based worker, directly or indirectly through a \r\ncontractor or intermediary, under a contract of employment, in writing; \r\n(g) “employment injury” means a personal injury to a home -based worker \r\ncaused by an accident or by such occupational diseases as may be \r\nprescribed, arising out of and in the course of his home -based \r\nemployment; \r\n                                                \r\n1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 09 January 2023; and was assented to by Governor of the Punjab on \r\n23 January 2023; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 17 February 2023, pp.3861-3867. \r\n \r\n(h) “establishment” means an establishment as defined in the Punjab Shops \r\nand Establishments Ordinance, 1969 (VIII of 1969);  \r\n(i) “family” in relation to a home -based worker means his spouse, a child \r\nbelow the age of 18 years and includes a child with disability of fifty percent \r\nor more who is above the age of 18 years; \r\n(j) “Fund” means Home -based Workers Welfare Fund constituted under the \r\nAct; \r\n(k) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(l) “Governing Body” has the same meaning as under section 5 of the \r\nProvincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965 (X of 1965); \r\n(m) “home” means the place of temporary or permanent residence of the \r\nhome-based worker where he resides along with his family; \r\n(n) “home-based work” means production of goods or rendering of services by \r\na person in his home or in other premises of his choice other than the \r\nworkplace of the employer, for wages, under a contract of employment in \r\nwriting either directly with the employer or indirectly th rough a contractor or \r\nintermediary subject to limitations mentioned under this Act: \r\nprovided that any work performed by a person, registered as an \r\nemployee or worker under any other law, shall not be deemed as a home -\r\nbased work by working occasionally at h ome rather than at his usual \r\nworkplace;  \r\n(o) “home-based worker” means a person who performs home-based work but \r\ndoes not include a worker engaged in explosives, toxic or noxious \r\nchemicals and related substances;  \r\n(p) “Intermediary” means a person or a legal entit y or a body corporate that \r\ncontracts with a contractor for economic gain pursuant to a  home base \r\nwork, or a part thereof the contractor has agreed to perform, for the benefit \r\nof hirer , and includes any person , natural or legal, who enters into a \r\ncontract w ith a contractor regardless of  number of stages of  any sub-\r\ncontracts; \r\n(q) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or the regulations; \r\n(r) “regulations” means the regulations framed under this Act; \r\n(s) “rules” means the rules made under this Act; \r\n(t) “secured home-based worker” means a person who performs home -based \r\nwork in respect of whom contributions are or were payable under the Act \r\nbut does not include a person performing home -based work on wages \r\nexceeding the wage limits determined by the Government;  \r\n(u) “settlement” means the settlement of a dispute or any other matter relating \r\nthereto between an employer and a home-based worker; \r\n(v) “shop” means a shop as defined in the Punjab Shops and Establishments \r\nOrdinance, 1969 (VIII of 1969); and \r\n(w) “wages” means the remuneration in terms of money or anything in kind, as \r\nexpressed in the contract of employment in writing, payable to a home -\r\nbased worker by an employer but does not include: \r\n(i) any contribution paid by the employer in respect of  the secured \r\nhome-based worker under any scheme of social insurance or to a \r\npension fund or provident fund; \r\n \r\n(ii) any traveling allowance or the value of any traveling concession; \r\n(iii) any sum paid to the home -based worker to defray special expenses \r\nincurred by him in respect of his employment; \r\n(iv) any sum paid as annual bonus; \r\n(v) any gratuity payable on discharge; and \r\n(vi) gift:  \r\nprovided that where the mode of payment of wages, whether in cash \r\nor in kind, makes it difficult to determine the amount of wages for \r\ncomputing the contribution, the Commissio ner may subject to regulations \r\nand in consultation with the representatives of employers and home -based \r\nworkers, determine such wages. \r\n3. Prohibition on employment .– (1) No employer shall employ a person who has \r\nnot attained the age of fifteen years as a home-based worker. \r\n(2) No employer shall employ a person who has attained the age of fifteen \r\nyears but has not attained the age of eighteen years in an employment prohibited under \r\nthe Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act 2016 (L of 2016). \r\n4. Rights and entitlement.– (1) A home-based worker shall not be forced to work in \r\na manner inconsistent with the contract of his employment. \r\n(2) A secured home -based w orker shall be entitled to sickness benefits, \r\nmaternity benefits, medical care during sickness and maternity, medical care of family, \r\nemployment injury benefit, disablement pension and survivor’s pension in such manner \r\nas may be prescribed. \r\n(3) A home -based worker shall not be discriminated in recruitment, \r\ncontinuance of employment and determination of wages on the grounds of religion, race, \r\ncaste, creed, gender, ethnic background or place of birth. \r\n(4) Every employer shall enter into a written contract of employment with a \r\nhome-based worker in accordance with Appendix of this Act. \r\n(5) Every employer including a contractor and intermediary shall be \r\nresponsible for the payment of wages to the home -based worker employed under the \r\ncontract of employment under this Act. \r\n5. Establishment of Fund.– (1) The Government shall, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, establish a Fund to be called the ‘Punjab Home-based Workers Welfare Fund’. \r\n(2) The Fund shall consist of: \r\n(a) an initial contribution to be made by the Government; \r\n(b) such moneys as may be paid by the employers and secured home -\r\nbased workers on such rate of wage limits as may be prescribed by \r\nthe rules; \r\n(c) voluntary contributions in the shape of money, building, land, \r\nequipment, tools or other property made from time to time by the \r\nGovernment, an organization or a person; \r\n(d) grants, donations and gifts from any Government, donor, multilateral \r\norganization, local government, general public or any other person; \r\nand \r\n(e) proceeds of loan raised by the Governing Body. \r\n(3) The Fund shall be applied to: \r\n \r\n(a) finance projects connected with the welfare of home-based workers; \r\n(b) meet expenditures in respect of the cost of management and \r\nadministration of the Fund; \r\n(c) maintain a register of home-based workers; \r\n(d) repay loans raised by the Governing Body; \r\n(e) invest in securities as may be approved by the Government; and \r\n(f) provide benefits to the secured home-based workers. \r\n(4) All claims and entitlements for benefits under this Act shall be entertained \r\nby the Governing Body within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the \r\nregulations. \r\n(5) The Governing Body shall lay down the procedure for prioritization and \r\nallocation of the Fund in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations. \r\n(6) The Governing Body may , by a notification in the official Gazette , for the \r\nreasons of efficient management of the Fund and under such limitations as deemed \r\nappropriate, delegate any of its powers to the Commissioner. \r\n6. Contribution to the Fund .– (1) The contrib ution shall be payable in respect of \r\nevery secured home -based worker by the employer and the secured home -based \r\nworker himself to the Fund in such manner, at such rate and on such conditions as may \r\nbe prescribed by the regulations.  \r\n(2) Non-payment of contribution by: \r\n(a) a secured home -based worker for a continuous period of one year \r\nshall lead to suspension of his benefits under this Act unless he \r\npays the entire contribution which is due to him in such manner as \r\nmay be prescribed by the regulations; and \r\n(b) an employer shall make him liable for payment of the amount due to \r\nhim as arrears of land revenue. \r\n7. Registration.– The Governing Body shall lay down the procedure of registration \r\nof employers and home-based workers in such mode and manner as may be prescribed \r\nthrough regulations. \r\n8. Committees.– (1) The Governing Body shall, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, constitute such number of committees including settlement committees, for \r\nsuch number of areas , having such composition  and for such purp oses as may be \r\ndetermined by the Governing Body. \r\n(2) The Governing Body may assign the function of settlement committees to \r\nthe District Vigilance Committees constituted under the Punjab Bonded Labour System \r\n(Abolition) Act, 1992 (III of 1992) on such conditions as may be determined by it. \r\n9. Powers and functions of settlement committees .– The settlement committee \r\nshall: \r\n(a) receive written complaints in the event of a dispute between the employer \r\nand the home -based worker either referred to it by the employer,  home-\r\nbased worker or the District Vigilance Committee; \r\n(b) inquire into the issue raised in written complaint; \r\n(c) maintain record of all its proceedings;  \r\n(d) call for the appearance of any person or production of any document; \r\n \r\n(e) decide the dispute through an award, in writing; and \r\n(f) exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be \r\nprescribed under the regulations. \r\n10. Appeal.– Any person aggrieved by the award announced by a settlement \r\ncommittee, may, within thirty days of such award, file an appea l to the Labour Court \r\nestablished under the Punjab Industrial Relations Act, 2010 and the decision of Labour \r\nCourt on such appeal shall be final. \r\n11. Maintenance of record .– Every employer, contractor or intermediary, as the \r\ncase may be, shall maintain suc h records, and submit it to the Governing Body or the \r\ncommittee, as the case may be, at such times and in such form as may be prescribed. \r\n12. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n13. Power to frame regulations.– Subject to this  Act and  the rules, the Governing \r\nBody may, by notification in the official Gazette, frame regulations to carry out the \r\npurposes of the Act. \r\n14. Removal of difficulties .– If any diffi culty arises in giving effect to any of the \r\nprovisions of the Act, the Government may,  by notification in the official Gazette, make \r\nsuch order, consistent with the Act, as it may deem necessary for the purposes of \r\nremoving such difficulty. \r\n \r\n  \r\n \r\nAppendix  \r\n[See section 4 (4)] \r\nHOME-BASED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT \r\n \r\nThis home-based employment contract  is hereby made on …………… day of \r\n…………………, 20…. at …………….………… between M/s \r\n…………………………………. having CNIC No / National Tax No . \r\n…………………………….., business address  ……………………… and mobile contact \r\nnumber ………………. (hereinafter    referred    to    as    the “employer”)  \r\nAND \r\nMr./ Ms. ……………………………..……… s/o, d/o, w/o …………………………………. \r\nhaving CNIC No. …………………………….., date of birth ……...……, mobile contact \r\nnumber … ..……….. and Home Address ……………………………………………… \r\n(hereinafter referred to as the “home-based worker”). \r\nBoth parties agree as follows: \r\n1. WORK ASSIGNMENT AND WAGES: \r\n1.1   The employer hereby engages the home-based worker, and the home-based \r\nworker agrees to work for the employer in the capacity of ………………………. at \r\n…………………… at the wage rate of Rs. ……………………….. per hour/ day/ month. \r\n1.2 (In case of wage earned on an hourly basis or piece rate, the total monthly wage \r\nshall not be less than Rs. ………………………………... \r\n1.3  In case the home-based worker receives any special allowance(s), the amount \r\nand date of payment of such special allowance(s) must be stated clearly together with \r\nthe date of payment of regular wage of the home-based worker.) \r\n………………………………………………………………………………………… \r\n………………………………………………………………………………………… \r\n1.4 (In case the wage is to be paid to the home-based worker ‘in kind’, the details \r\nshall be specified below including the ‘nature’ and ‘quantity’ of such kind as well as t he \r\ndate of payment of such kind.) \r\n…………………………………………………………………………………………. \r\n………………………………………………………………………………………….  \r\n1.5 (In case of payment of wage in kind, the monetary value of such kind on monthly \r\nbasis shall be calculated and specified below.) \r\n Rs. …………………… per month (as monetized).   \r\n2. DURATION OF HOME -BASED WORK CONTRACT AND DECLARATION OF \r\nWORKPLACE: \r\n2.1        The duration of the contract of home -based work shall be for \r\n…………………… month(s) / year(s) star ting from ………… till ………………, and the \r\nworkplace for such home -based work shall be ……… \r\n……………………………….………………………………. (WRITE complete address of \r\nthe workplace in detail). \r\n2.2  Extension in the contract of home -based work shall be made on such \r\nconditions as mutually agreed between the employer and the home-based worker, and \r\nshall be recorded in writing. \r\n3. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE HOME-BASED WORK CONTRACT: \r\n3.1 The parties to this contract agree that: \r\n (please clearly write the express terms and conditions of the home -based work \r\ncontract in detail and also mention any implied terms to avoid any dispute in future.) \r\n4. WORKING HOURS: \r\n4.1 The working hours of home-based work shall be …………… hours per day/ per \r\nweek on the threshold of six days per week. \r\n \r\n5. HOLIDAYS AND LEAVE: \r\n5.1 The employer shall arrange for the home-based Worker ……… day(s) off weekly \r\nwith regular wages. The employer shall arrange for the home-based Worker ……….. \r\ndays off per year on local official holidays with regular wages. Annual leave of ……… \r\ndays shall be allowed to the home-based worker on completi on of one year of \r\nemployment on regular wages. \r\n6. SAFETY AT WORKPLACE: \r\n6.1 The home-based Worker shall keep the workplace premises safe and hygienic. \r\n6.2 The employer shall provide possible support and technical guidance enabling the \r\nhome-based Worker to ensure occupational safety and hygiene at the workplace. \r\n7. MEDICAL TREATMENT: \r\n7.1 In event of illness of or injury to the home-based Worker caused by home-based \r\nwork during the period of contract  the employer shall arrange for his necessary medical \r\ntreatment free of charge and in the meantime pay regular wages and compensation to \r\nthe home-based worker under the law. \r\n7.2 A secured home-based Worker as defined under section 2 of the Punjab home-\r\nbased workers Act 2021, shall be entitled to receive such treatment, free of cost, in a \r\nmedical facility established under the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution \r\n(PESSI). \r\n7.3 The family of a secured home-based Worker shall also be entitled to medical care \r\nas determined by the Governing Body of PESSI. \r\n8. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION: \r\n8.1 The employer shall pay for the cost of travel of the home-based Worker as \r\nrequired under the terms of the contract. \r\n9. OBLIGATION: \r\n9.1 The home-based worker shall abide by the rules and regulations of the \r\nemployer’s company stipulated in conformity with the law. \r\n9.2 The home-based worker shall not engage in any unlawful activities. \r\n10. DISPUTE AND TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT: \r\n10.1 In case of a dispute between the employer and the home-based worker, the \r\ndispute shall be settled in accordance with the Act, the rules and regulations made \r\nthereunder, and the terms and conditions of this contract.  \r\n10.2 In case the employer intends to terminate this contract, he shal l give one month’s \r\nprior notice in writing  to the home-based worker or pay one month’s wages in lieu \r\nthereof.  \r\n10.3 In case the home-based worker intends to terminate this contract, the home-\r\nbased worker shall give one month’s prior notice in writing to the employer. \r\n11. MISCELLANEOUS: \r\n11.1 The employer and the home-based worker shall be bound by any condition which \r\nmay not be mentioned in this contract but may be applicable to them under any other \r\nlaw for the time being in force.  \r\n11.2 In case the employer fails to implement any of the conditions of this contract, the \r\nemployer shall compensate the home-based Worker for the loss so incurred. \r\nIn witness whereof, the undersigned having fully understood the contents of this \r\ncontract stated herein, have signed this contract. \r\nSignature: employer                  Signature:  home-based worker \r\n(……………………….)           (……………………….) \r\nCNIC No. ……………………   CNIC No. ………………………… \r\nSignature:  Witness 1                 Signature:  Witness   2 \r\n \r\n(……………………….)    (……………………….) \r\nName: ……………………..   Name: …………………………. \r\ns/o, d/o …………………….   s/o, d/o ………………………… \r\nCNIC No. ………………….   CNIC No. ……………………… \r\nMobile No. ………………...   Mobile No. ……………………. \r\n \r\n________",
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