Tamil Nadu Government enacted The Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982 to regulate the employment and conditions of the manual workers engaged in 69 employments included in the schedule to the Act. The Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Welfare Board was formed on 17.03.1999 and framed the Tamil Nadu Social Security Welfare Scheme 2001 to provide various welfare assistance to the unorganised workers. This Scheme was amended in 2006 and it was further amended in 2008.