Contract Labour is a significant and growing form of employment. It is prevalent in almost areas like agriculture, industries and service sector. It generally refers to workers engaged through an intermediary and is based on a triangular relationship between the user enterprises, the contractor (including the sub-contractor) and the workers. These workers are millions in number and generally belong to the unorganized sector. They have very little bargaining power, or no social security and are often engaged in hazardous occupations endangering their health and safety. They are often denied...

Employees are the most important asset of an organisation. Retention is important for management as well as for employees also. More than half of the employers retain workforce to avoid associated costs of hiring and training. Most of the companies today experience the challenge of retaining its key talent. It has become the most imperative target of the organisations because of the huge tasks that is involved in hiring a new employee. Thus all organisations make good efforts and frame retention strategies to retain their employees.