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The State-wise details of cumulative expenditure incurred by the State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Boards as on 31.03.2016 is enlisted Sl. No. ..

The Central Government has proposed to amend Rule 25(2) (iv) of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Central Rules, 1971 to ensure minimum monthly wage of Rs. 10,000 to contract workers of the country. The proposed draft rules have been published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide Notification Number G..

In order to promote the Start-Up ecosystem in the country and incentivizing the entrepreneurs in setting up new start-up ventures and thus catalyze the creation of employment opportunities through them, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has issued an advisory to the States/UTs/Central Labour Enforcement Agencies for a compliance regime based on self-certifi..

Reforms in labour laws are an ongoing process to update legislative system to address the need of the hour and to make them more effective and contemporary to the emerging economic and industrial scenario. Government has taken a number of initiatives for governance reforms as well as legislative reforms. The Second National Commission on Labour has recommended that ..

The emphasis of the government is on quality and effectiveness of the labour inspection system rather than mere numbers. We want to bring in an efficient system of compliance for labour legislation with the help of information technology. This was stated by Shri Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary, Labour and Employment, Govt of India in the 104th International Labour Confe..

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for moving official amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012.    The Official Amendments along with the Amendment Bill 2012 proposes to make the following salient amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation..

The second Tripartite Consultation Meeting on the draft Labour Code on Wages was organized here today by the Ministry of Labour & Employment.Shri Bandaru Dattatreya,the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment presided over the Meeting. The meeting was attended by the representatives from Central Trade ..

Bandaru Dattatreya Chairs Tripartite Consultations    The Second Round of Tripartite Consultations on Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act,1952 (EPF &MP ..

The Apprentices Act, 1961 has been amended and brought into effect from 22.12.2014. Before the said amendment of the Act, there was no provision to mandate establishments to hire at least 50 per cent of their apprentices for regular employment. After amendment, the Act provides every employer shall formulate its own policy for recru..

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has announced that with respect to Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the employee needs to be provided two options. Firstly, the employee may opt for EPF or the New Pension Scheme (NPS). Secondly, for employees below a certain threshold of monthly income, contribution to EPF should be optio..

The primary responsibility for implementing the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 lies with the States/Union Territories. The issue of effective implementation of the Act has been vigorously pursued by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment with the States/UTs.  ..

Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken quick steps to implement the amended Apprentices Act. Draft recommendations for Rules under the Act have been placed on web-site (at news updates http://www.labour.gov.in/content, at news updates http://www.dget.gov.in/content) for public comments. Comments can be sent by 2nd March, 2015...

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya has chaired the tripartite meeting on the proposed amendments to Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act’ 1952 in New Delhi yesterday.  div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-siz..

Shri K.K. Jalan, Central P.F. Commissioner while reviewing the performance of EPFO for the month of January, 2015 noted that the organization has settled 11.05 lakh claims. 73% of the claims were settled within 10 days and 93% within 20 days. With this, th..

Following material was distributed in the Press Conference addressed by the Minister of State (IC) for Labour & Employment, Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, here today.                 The Ministry of Labour and Employment strives to safeguard the interests of workers from the country’s organized and unorganized secto..