. Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Ramji Yadav has said that the Labour Act would be amended after extensive discussion on the ownership of employers, workers and the government.
Speaking at an interaction program organized by the Ministry on Thursday, Minister Yadav said that internal preparations were underway for the amendment of the Labour Act and the draft would be prepared within 35 days by incorporating suggestions from all stakeholders.
He was of the view that the Act should not be made keeping any one aspect at the centre.
“I’d say 35 days, not one month,” he said. Within 35 days, we should work out how to give shape to the Act. Everyone should feel that the law is mine. It is necessary to have a comprehensive discussion so that employers, workers, the government and the people of other countries can also feel that this is my act. Everyone’s suggestions should be included in it. Laws should not be made focusing on only one party and only one aspect. It has to be amended quickly and it will take a long time to do so. Stating that more than 80 per cent of the jobs were created by the private sector in the country and the contribution of the private sector to the GDP was the highest in the country, he said economic development would not be possible without the private sector.
Minister Yadav said that the Ministry of Labour and Employment has adopted a policy to directly link the skill-oriented training to the employment.
Stating that the training could not be conducted in the current fiscal year due to the lack of effective training procedures,
he said that the training program would be started within mid-July with the consent of employers, workers and the government.
Minister Yadav said that the government was ready to take the determination of minimum wages on a scientific basis.
According to him, research was underway under the leadership of a professor of economics at Tribhuvan University, adding that a new framework would be prepared taking into account the mountains, hills and Terai, province level, skill level and different industrial sectors.
He clarified that the minimum wage to be fixed every two years will now be based on research and data, not merely on the basis of negotiations. Admitting that the expenditure incurred in the name of training was not effective, Minister Yadav said that although around
Rs 13 billion is spent annually in the country on training, its impact is negligible. He said that the ineffective training to be conducted at the local level would be reviewed and emphasis would be given on employment-oriented training.
Stating that the private sector would now be taken forward as a partner and not merely as a witness, he said employment generation, curriculum development, skill certification and apprenticeship programmes would be operated in collaboration with the private sector. Stating that the ‘job matching’ software that the government is developing would be brought into operation by mid-July, Minister Yadav urged the industries and entrepreneurs to put the details of the required human resources in the system. He said that on the basis of this, training according to the required skills would be conducted and employment would be provided. Minister Yadav pledged to work as a ministry not only of workers but also of employers, adding that policies, acts and working procedures would be amended to make labour market timely, production-oriented and competitive. In the discussion, lawmakers Bidushi Rana, Anushka Shrestha, President of the Federation of Private Sector Chambers of Commerce and Industry, President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other office-bearers of various organizations expressed their views.
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