Labour Welfare

Since 2008, the Gramin Evam Samajik Vikas Sanstha (GSVS), Ajmer, has been working for the welfare of migrant and unorganized workers. The organization operates two types of support centers for migrant and unorganized sectors. The first type is in source areas—regions where more than 50% of the workforce migrates to other areas for employment. Here, we operate Worker Assistance Centers to support these migrant workers. Similarly, in industrial areas that attract workers from other regions beyond the local workforce, we run Worker Assistance Centers in these destination areas to provide essential support to migrant workers.

Through Worker Assistance Centers, we are connecting workers to the following services:

 

  • Legal Awareness and Legal Aid: Legal awareness sessions are conducted to inform unorganized sector workers about labour laws, ensuring they understand necessary documentation for future reference and know how to seek help in cases of labour law violations. These sessions also allow workers to register cases of labour violations at the center, where mediation is used to resolve disputes between workers and employers. The organization collaborates with the Rajasthan Government’s Labor Helpline to support this effort.
  • Occupational Safety and Health: Industrial areas experience frequent accidents affecting many workers, often resulting in severe injury or even death. Additionally, workers are exposed to incurable diseases like silicosis and TB at the workplace. To address these issues, the organization conducts workplace safety training for workers, develops technology for accident and disease control in partnership with technical institutions, strengthens government support systems for silicosis and TB prevention, and collaborates with employers to establish effective safety measures at workplaces.
  • Linkage to Social Security Schemes and Services: Based on eligibility, workers and their families are connected to government-run social security schemes. This includes providing detailed information on schemes, guidance on application processes, and organizing camps in collaboration with relevant departments to ensure workers are enrolled. All Worker Assistance Centers also use e-Mitra services to connect workers to schemes such as BOCW, pensions, Palanhar, and other social security programs, along with regular departmental follow-ups.
  • Financial Inclusion: Through financial literacy programs, workers and their families are educated on opening bank accounts and understanding insurance options. Additionally, workers are informed about using online applications and educated on banking fraud prevention.
  • Reproductive and Sexual Health: Migrant women workers and local women in the unorganized sector receive awareness on reproductive and sexual health. The organization collaborates with local health providers (Health Department and Women and Child Development Department) to ensure effective service delivery, focusing on prenatal and postnatal care, immunization and nutrition for children aged 0 to 5, pregnancy management, gynaecological care, and anaemia prevention.
  • Worker-Friendly Facilities and Services in Urban Areas: Rapid industrialization often overlooks worker-friendly amenities. The organization collaborates with various departments and local bodies to establish necessary facilities in urban areas, including shelters for workers, daycare centers for their children, drinking water and toilet facilities at worker congregations, and health checkup camps with the Health Department. In partnership with relevant departments, workers are also connected to essential social security schemes.
  • Operation of Day-Care Centers for Migrant Workers’ Children: To prevent accidents involving workers’ children at workplaces, address nutritional deficiencies, and ensure educational engagement, day-care centers are operated in industrial areas. Each center caters to an average of 30 to 50 children, ensuring their health, education, and safety.
  • Youth Skill Development: Due to limited employment opportunities in rural areas, many young people start working in hazardous industries at an early age. The organization conducts skill development training sessions to keep youth away from dangerous jobs and encourage employment in the formal sector. These sessions include career counselling and quality training to help youth pursue safer and more sustainable career paths.
  • Advocacy for Worker-Friendly Policy Development: The organization actively advocates for policies and services to support migrant and unorganized sector workers through various forums. Efforts focus on key issues such as silicosis prevention and rehabilitation, the Building and Other Construction Workers (BOCW) welfare scheme, and regular access to health services. The organization works with the government to establish essential facilities for workers by fostering dialogue and collaboration on these topics.
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