The parliamentary standing committee on labour vetting the labour code on social security is likely to ask the government to incorporate a provision of providing unemployment insurance for most of the unorganised sector workers, barring those working in farms and as domestic helps, in the code.

Government can create a fund in which insured person will contribute once in a month and the government will also chip in. It would be helpful for those who are unemployed even after attaining a certain age or skill or those who have fallen unemployed after the job, the committee may suggest.

A senior committee member, on condition of anonymity, said that the non-appearance of any provision for unemployment insurance for the unorganized sector workers in the draft seems to be the biggest gap and therefore, it becomes essential on the part of the government to incorporate such a provision.

The second labour commission had also mooted such a scheme for the unorganised sector workers including the construction workers and self-employed workers.

The committee is also likely to suggest the government to extend the coverage of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to an estimated 30 lakh migrant workers.