Working Conditions of Labors in the Apparel Industry: A Case Study of Noida Cluster

Abstract

There has been huge debate over labour market regulations and working conditions of labours in India which is highly polarized. Experts of labour market deregulation suggest that the labour law framework in the country has inconsistent powers on workers and trade unions in the formal sector of the economy, which has resulted in industrial conflicts and poor productivity. Our study was aimed to study the labour working conditions in Noida cluster that were functioning in apparel Industry. The objectives for our study was to understand the working conditions of the apparel industry workers and develop an understanding for various labour laws pertaining to workers and find out the differences in style of working of Tier II and Tier III companies. Our findings suggested that there was a considerable difference in working style of Tier II and Tier III companies. Tier II companies provided better working conditions to its regular labours whereas in Tier III category very few companies provided the same.