Building and Other Construction Work
“Building or other
construction work” means the construction, alteration, repairs,
maintenance or demolition, of or, in relation to, buildings,
streets, roads, railways, tramways, airfields, irrigation,
drainage, embankment and navigation works, flood control works(
including storm water drainage works), generation, transmission
and distribution of power, water works (including channels for
distribution of water),oil and gas installations, electric lines,
wireless, radio, television, telephone, telegraph and overseas
communications, dams, canals, reservoirs, watercourses, tunnels,
bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, pipelines, towers, cooling towers,
transmission towers and such other works. View more...
Who is a Principal Employer
A
"principal employer" as defined under the Building & Other Construction Workers (RE&CS) Act, 1996 covers any person
responsible for the supervision and control of the establishment,
such person would include the owner or occupier of the
establishment or a manager
Cess Collection
The Odisha Building & Other
Construction Workers’ Welfare Board has been constituted on
03.01.2004 under section 18 of the Building & Other Construction
Workers (RE&CS) Act, 1996 to administer its Fund and grant
benefits to the beneficiaries registered under it. It has been
last reconstituted on dtd 17-12-2014. The Govt. of Odisha in L&E
Deptt. vide Resolution No. 12653 dtd. 15.12.2008 has directed
that cess will be collected @ 1% on the cost of construction
incurred by an employer/ builder w.e.f 15.12.2008. The cess
collected has been deposited in the fund of Odisha Building &
Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board for welfare of the
registered building workers.