Question

Raju is a daily wage labourer and is the only bread winner of the family. He puts in twelve hour shifts for six days in an unclean, dimly lit, and poorly ventilated tannery. Despite toiling hard for the entire day, tanning the animal hide, he recieves only 150 Rupees per day. He recieves no medical leaves, paid leaves, increment and other benefits. Besides, he can be terminated from his contract of employment any time. Raju is a _________ worker

• A. self-employed
• B. permanent
• C. contract
• D. regular

Answer 1

The correct option is C contract

Raju is a contract worker. This is because Raju faces all the risks that a contract worker faces. He works amongst extremely unfavorable working conditions. He recieves low wages and recieves no benefits as that of regular workers. He can also be terminated from his contract of employment any time.