Registration, Fixed Wages, Pakka Houses: State Accepts Before Bombay HC Suggestions To Improve Working Condition Of Migrant Sugarcane Workers
Live LawIn relation to a suo motu PIL on the conditions of sugarcane workers, the State government told the Bombay High Court that it has accepted all the suggestions made by the amicus curiae to improve the conditions of the workers and safeguard their rights. The following suggestions have been made by the amicus curiae to improve the working conditions of sugarcane cutters and workers: Registration Of Workers: Workers should be registered at the place of their permanent address as well as the place where they migrate to. Abolishing the koyata system would ensure that women workers get paid separately and not collectively with their spouses and would foster an increased agency and financial independence within the women workers. Domestic Violence Redressal centres ought to be established at every village/taluka and the women workers need to be made aware of such centres.
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In Maharashtra, children of migrant sugarcane field workers are forced to skip half their classes every year
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