The State government is mulling a legislation to make registration of migrant workers mandatory, Minister for Labour V. Sivankutty has said.
At present, the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service ) Act, 1979 is relied upon for registration purposes.
Any migrant worker reaching the State should be registered. The Labour department will make necessary arrangements for it, a statement quoting the Minister said on Sunday.