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Rule 37 — Worker re-skilling fund
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Exact Gazette text extracted from the official English notification
37. Worker re-skilling fund.– (1) Every employer who has retrenched a worker in industrial establishment, shall,
within ten days from the date of such retrenchment, electronically transfer an amount equivalent to fifteen days of last
drawn wages of such retrenched worker or workers in the fund (name of the account) shall be displayed on the website
of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) to be maintained by the Chief
Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner(Central) or the office of the
Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner(Central), as the case may
be.
(2) The fund so received under sub-rule (1) shall be transferred by the office of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central)
or the office of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office of the Regional Labour Commissioner
(Central) or the office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), electronically to each of the retrenched worker
account within forty-five days of retrenchment to enable them to utilise that amount for his re-skilling.
(3) The employer shall also submit the list containing the name of the retrenched worker, the amount equivalent to
fifteen days of wages last drawn by such retrenched worker along with his bank account details, to the office of the
Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office of the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office
of the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) or the office of the Assistant Labour Commissioner(Central), as the
case may be.
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