Labour department directs workers to get registered to avail benefits
The labour department has directed that all construction workers should get themselves registered to get various privileges. At a meeting, the labour department through the Maharashtra Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (BOCW) representatives, announced that they had distributed Rs 19 crore in Pune to over 34,000 construction workers in the form of various benefits. Sharing this information, additional labour commissioner Shailendra Pol stated that with various infrastructure works going on in the city, there should be mandatory registration of labourers to get the required benefits like aid in education for their children, healthcare, home building assistance, mid-day meal and safety and essential kits.
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