Siliguri, Aug. 4 -- The West Bengal government will set up a dedicated legal team to represent the Labour Department before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in a move aimed at safeguarding the rights of tea garden workers and taking action against defaulting plantation owners, Labour Minister Arjun Singh said.
Addressing reporters after a review meeting on the tea sector in Darjeeling last evening, following his visit to the Cinchona Plantation at Mungpu, Singh said the government had found that a section of tea garden owners had failed to clear workers' statutory dues, including provident fund (PF), gratuity and other legitimate claims.
He alleged that whenever the Labour Department initiated action against such defaulting manage...