Amendment in General Conditions of Contract(GCC)-2014 – Payment of wages to the labour by Contractor: Clarification by CPWD
CENTRAL PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
No. DG/SE/CM/CON/283
ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR GENERAL, CPWD
NIRMAN BHAWAN NEW DELHI
DATED: 05.05.2015
Subject: Amendment in General Conditions of Contract(GCC)-2014 – Payment of wages to the labour by Contractor.
The following provision of C.P.W.D. Contractor’s Labour Regulations of GCC-2014 are amended:-
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Existing Provision
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Modified Provision
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C.P.W.D. Contractor’s Labour Regulations
5. PAYMENT OF WAGES
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C.P.W.D. Contractor’s Labour Regulations
5. PAYMENT OF WAGES
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| vi) Wages due to every worker shall be paid to him direct or to other person authorized by him in this behalf. |
vi) Wages due to every worker shall be paid to him direct by contractor through Bank or ECS or online transfer to his bank account.
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| vii) All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency or in both. | vii) All wages shall be paid through Bank or ECS or online transfer. |
| x) It shall be the duty of the contractor to ensure the disbursement of wages in the presence of the Junior Engineer or any other authorized representative of the Engineer-in-Charge who will be required to be present at the place and time of disbursement of wages by the contractor to workmen. | x) It shall be the duty of the contractor to ensure the disbursement of wages through bank account of labour. |
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xi) The contractor shall obtain from the Junior Engineer or any other authorized representative of the Engineer-in-Charge as the case may be, a certificate under his signature at the end of the entries in the “Register of Wages” or the Wagecum-Muster Roll” as the case may be in the following form:-
“Certified that the amount shown in column No ……………. has been paid to the workman concerned in my presence on …………………….. at ………………..”
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xi) The contractor shall obtain from the Junior Engineer or any other authorized representative of the Engineer-in-Charge as the case may be, a certificate under his signature at the end of the entries in the “Register of Wages” or the “Wagecum-Muster Roll” as the case may be in the following form:-
“Certified that the amount shown in column No ………………. been paid to the workman concerned through bank account of labour ………………….. on at ………………….”
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The field units may also pursue with contractors of the existing contract to make payment to the labour by contractor through Bank or ECS or online transfer also.
Superintending Engineer (C&M)
Source: http://cpwd.gov.in/WriteReadData/con_cir/15028.pdf
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