A Study on the Working Conditions of Sales Persons in a Garment Shop at Mangalore

Abstract

The unorganized labour could be described as those who have not been able to be organized in pursuits of common objective because of constraints, such as casual nature of employment, ignorance, and illiteracy. The small size of establishments with low capitalinvestment per person employed, scattered nature of establishment and superior strength ofthe employer operating singularly or in combination. Labour engaged in informal sectors,being unorganized, have weak bargaining power and have been deprived of reasonablewages and working conditions. It is a common complaint that the benefits of labourlegislation have not reached rural and unorganized labour. Unlike the modern sector, wherewages are usually protected by labour legislations and trade union activity in the informalsector, there is an easier entry, but less job security and lower earnings. The people workingin the unorganized sector are mostly middle-class people. Unorganized laborers work underthe close supervision, control of employers and they do not have a common employer. They face many problems like Low productivity, due to lack of skills and proper tools, Noprotection from the minimum wage legislative and Exploitation by middlemen/ contractors.This Study is conducted with 50 respondents, 25 female, and 25 male sales personnel. TheObjectives are; to understand the working conditions of the respondents and to explore the possible progressive changes in the working conditions of the respondents. Both primary andsecondary data is collected in this study