He said he worked on a contract basis because he needed the money and had few other options. "Wherever we go, there will be similar problems," he said. The chairman of Maruti Suzuki, R. C. Bhargava, disputed the workers' allegations, but he acknowledged that Indian companies hired too many contract workers. He said policy makers should give companies more flexibility in laying off workers and, in exchange, force them to offer workers generous unemployment insurance. "This conflict situation doesn't help anybody," Mr. Bhargava said.