Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In the Kerala Headload Workers Act, 1978 (20 of 1980), after section 9, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- "9A. Engaging the services of headload workers.-- (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an employer shall engage a headload worker registered under the Act in connection with the work of his establishment: Provided that in the case of works which require assistance of skilled persons and which are to be done with due diligence or require the aid of machinery, such works may be done by engaging the persons having such skill or by the machinery, as the case may be. (2) Every Headload worker shall be entitled to wages as prescribed by the Government under the provisions of this Act only if their services have been engaged by the employer or the owner of an establishment.".