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If the concept of hiring forestry contractors is beneficial, it has some drawbacks as well. One of the key problems here is the lack of financial viability of contracting because contractors are not independent and they also lack access to the credit. Hiring forestry contractors is a high risk decision and one needs to be extra careful while opting for it. The workers working under the forestry contractors are vulnerable because of low wages given to them, insecure employment, no support facilities like pension, medical safety and other things. Workers do not feel very safe in this job because the scope of self improvement is almost negligible.

Workers hired by the forestry contractors are not organized and due to this collective bargaining among the workers is not there. People are hesitant to work under the forestry contractors because their health is at risk because they are not secured against their health. Workers undertaking activities like tree cutting, timber harvesting and other related tasks are at high risk and it is important to provide them health benefits. Looking at the major threat to their health, some of the contractors have now started offering nutrient supplements to their workers in order to cover their health risk.