Chief Labour Comm office overburdened: Par panel

Chief Labour Comm office overburdened: Par panel The Office of the Chief Labour Commissioner is overburdened with certain officers dealing on an average with as many as 9000 cases a year, a parliamentary panel has said. The Standing Committee on Labour said the increasing number of establishments and geographical areas under various functionaries of the organisation is a matter of concern as they are not able to pay as much attention as is required to the various issues before them. There are only 56 Assistant Labour Commissioners (ALC), who form the backbone of the organisation, and 162 labour enforcement officers, the report said. Even the head of the organisation is over burdened supervising 15 officers who are directly reporting to him. "This is against the basic principle of office and management," the report said taking note of the overworked staff. The Standing Committee also pointed out that on an average, one ALC has to handle around 9,000 cases per year. As a result the cases keep on piling up. "They are required to perform various functions for maintaining cordial industrial atmosphere through mediation and conciliation enforcement of labour laws and discharge of quasi-judicial functions," said the report. "The committee, therefore, strongly recommends that necessary action should begin in right earnest to review the functioning of the office of the Chief Labour Commissioner with a view to bringing in radical changes in its functioning and to fill up all the vacant positions at the earliest to make it more efficient and result oriented," the report said.

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