Proceedings of the Consultation with Women’s Group on Operationalizing Right to Work

Major Issues in Operationalizing Right to Work*

The proposal to enshrine the right to work in the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution has numerous dimensions.

Legal dimensions would relate to the compulsion on the plan of the government to provide jobs to all those who seek them. Issues relating to this implication will include those concerned with the coverage of job seekers, namely, ruralurban, educated uneducated, age-group, distance from place of residence, wage rates, compensation for non-provision of work, etc. Machinery for redressal of grievances and extension of legal aid to the poor may also have to be considered in this context. It must also be ...

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