Kerala Headload Workers’ Act will be modernised, says Bindhu
Kerala's Labour Minister Bindhu Krishna announced plans to modernize the 1978 Headload Workers’ Act to reflect contemporary working conditions. The government also intends to revise wages for loading and unloading workers to ensure better protection and accountability in the sector.
Why it matters
Updating labor laws from the 1970s is essential for aligning traditional manual labor sectors with modern economic standards and worker rights.
The Kerala Headload Workers’ Act, 1978, will be modernised after a study of the conditions in modern times, Minister for Labour Bindhu Krishna has said.
She was speaking after inaugurating a headload workers’ meeting organised by the Headload and Loading Workers’ Congress here on Wednesday.
The Minister said steps would be taken to revise the wages for loading and unloading work in various sectors that had remained the same for years.
Bringing in more responsibility in the State’s loading and unloading sector with the aim of protecting it was the State government’s responsibility too, Ms. Krishna said.
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