The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a state-level tripartite committee headed by the Labour Commissioner to consider the demands of sugar industry workers for pay revision and other issues.
Giving this information, Principal Secretary (Labour and Employment) Suresh Chandra said that the committee would undertake a study of the pay structure and working conditions of sugar industry workers in comparison to the pay structure and working conditions of workers of other industries in the state and those of sugar workers in other states.
The committee will also study investment ratio related to workers in all production activities. It will also give its recommendation on educational, health and housing facilities for sugar industry workers in the state.
The principal secretary said that the committee would submit its recommendations every six months.
The meeting of the committee will be convened with the permission of its chairman and it will give unanimous recommendations on the referred matters.
In case a unanimous decision is not reached on a matter put up before the committee, it will refer it to the government.
Additional and deputy labour commissioners (industrial relations) will represent the government as members in the committee, which will has six members from the employers’ side and 10 members from workers’ side.