The Working Group on “Labour Laws & Other Labour Regulations” for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) constituted by the Planning Commission, in its recommendations for improving enforcement of Labour Laws has mentioned that Stren ..
Domestic workers and their organisations do assemble to articulate their demands from time to time. However, exact number participating in such assemblies is not known. The Government is aware of the problems of the workers including domestic wo ..
The Planning Commission had set up a Working Group on “Labour Laws & Other Labour Regulations” for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) under the Chairpersonship of Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment . Since the Working ..
V.V. Giri National Institute of Labour in their Impact Study report has not stated that close to 55 per cent of the workforce in the organised industry is on contract basis and they are not paid industry-wise minimum wages. However, the study h ..
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has carried out 13,60,117 inspections and launched 49092 prosecutions under the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act sinceare launched and 4774 employers convicted which includes enforcement data ..
As per the available information the fatal and non-fatal injuries are showing a declining trend. The data of fatal and non-fatal injuries for the overall country for the year 2009, 2010 and 2011 is given at Annexure-I. As per the data received fro ..
An amount of Rs. 14,767.47 crore (as per unaudited Balance Sheet of 2011-12) has been received as contribution in Employees’ Pension Fund for the financial year ending on 31.3.2012. An amount of Rs. 1,62,980.04 crore is balance in Employee ..
Since the local conditions vary widely across the States, it is not feasible to have a uniform minimum wage for the whole country. The concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was mooted on the basis of the recommendations of the Natio ..
The Contract Labour are engaged in the industrial sector by the Government and Private establishments as per their terms of contract and requirement and no centralized data is maintained. However, the estimated number of contract labour engag ..
The Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act was enacted in 1988 which prohibits the employment of children in 18 occupations and 65 processes and regulates the working conditions of children in employment where they are not prohibited from ..