Vital Statistics

At present there are 4 Vocational Guidance units in the state, one under the State Vocational Guidance Officer at the Directorate and the other 3 under Regional Employment Officers at Shimla, Mandi and Dharamsala. In other Districts/Sub Office Employment Exchanges Vocational Guidance is given by the Officers/Officials Incharge.

The following work was done in 2011-2012:

S. NO.

PROGRAMME

NO. OF PERSON

1.

Vocational Guidance Camp

228

2.

Application received for Employment Assistance

54

Employment Market Information Programme

Under this Programme information is regularly being collected from the Govt. and Pvt. Sector Establishments (only such Pvt. Sector Establishment which are employing 10 or more persons not engaged in agriculture).

QUARTER ENDING

NO. OF ESTABLISHMENT

ESTIMATED EMPLOYMENT

Month, Year

Government

Private.

Government

Private

March,2010

3908

1235

267647

119915

March,2011

3908

1329

265908

125890

QUARTER ENDING

PRIVATE SECTOR ACT ESTABLISHMENT
(25 OR MORE)

PRIVATE SECTOR NON-ACT ESTABLISHMENT (10-24 EMPLOYEES)

Month, Year

Employees

Estimated Employment

Employees

Estimated Employment

March,2010

852

114158

383

5757

March,2011

918

119760

411

6130

Labour Wing - Activities

Maintenance of cordial Industrial Relations between the workers and management is a sine qua non for achieving optimum industrial production. The conciliation mechanism has proved very effective in stopping and sorting out Industrial Disputes. There are 10 Labour Officers at Distt. H.Q and 1 each at Rampur & Baddi who are functioning as Conciliation Officers. Elsewhere the District Employment Officers and Labour Inspectors (Where the number of workers is less than 200) are doing this work. Where these officers/officials are unable to achieve conciliation, the respective Labour Officers, Dy. Labour Commissioner, Joint Labour Commissioner or the Labour Commissioner-cum-Director of Employment intervenes in order to sort out the Industrial Dispute. In such Industrial Establishments where 100 or more workers are working. Workers Committees have been set up as per the provision of Section3 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.


Employment Wing - Activities

This wing mainly provides registration facility to the interested youth (who may be unemployed, self employed, employed on Part-Time, casual, contract, adhoc, tenure basis or who are desirous of being registered for higher post). It also sponsors the eligible registrants against vacancies notified by Govt. and Private Sector Establishments in accordance with the sponsoring norm, seniority of registration and as per "Single Chance Rotation" norm.

The minimum age for registration is 14 years. A person has to get name registered in that Employment Exchange in whose jurisdiction he normally resides. Each person can get his name registered in upto 3 trades/occupations depending on his qualifications and work experience. The maximum age for Government jobs has been increased to 45 years, along with relaxation for SC, ST, Physically Handicapped & Ex. Service Men.

The District wise work done by Employment Exchanges w.e.f 1/4/2010 to 31/3/2011) is as under:

S.No

District

Registration

Vacancies

Placement

Live Register

Notified

Submission

Govt.

Pvt

Total

1.

Bilaspur

9368

87

12480

104

363

467

52853

2.

Chamba

8211

67

11133

163

380

543

55264

3.

Hamirpur

10668

262

10969

176

421

597

67656

4.

Kangra

31496

736

28762

402

631

1033

185951

5.

Kinnaur

1233

1027

2504

6

-

6

7604

6.

Kullu

6086

51

1573

4

1

5

52060

7.

Lahaul Spiti

438

3

66

-

-

-

2476

8.

Mandi

24753

195

21846

178

936

1114

157074

9.

Shimla

11464

3798

5712

1166

275

1441

89746

10.

Sirmour

11866

1217

14506

21

551

572

49943

11.

Solan

9185

1319

9953

72

300

372

58403

12.

Una

11013

1023

12045

140

396

536

59977

TOTAL

135781

9785

131549

2432

4254

6686

839007

LIVE REGISTER AS PER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ( AS ON 31.3.2011)

POST GRADUATES

63240

GRADUATES

123876

MATRICULATES TO UNDER GRADUATES

564996

UNDER MATRIC

84222

ILLITERATE

2673

TOTAL

839007

LIVE REGISTER AS PER CASTE (as on 31.3.2011)

SCHEDULE-CASTE

174397

SCHEDULE-TRIBE

34103

O.B.C

67156

OTHERS

563351

TOTAL

839007

LIVE REGISTER BIFURCATION AS PER SEX

MALE

543323

FEMALE

295684

TOTAL

839007

Industrial Relations & General Labour Situation

Maintenance of cordial Industrial Relations between the workers and management is a sine qua non for achieving optimum industrial production. The conciliation mechanism has proved very effective in stopping and sorting out Industrial Disputes. There are 10 Labour Officers at Distt. H.Q and 1 each at Rampur & Baddi who are functioning as Conciliation Officers. Elsewhere the District Employment Officers and Labour Inspectors (Where the number of workers is less than 200) are doing this work. Where these officers/officials are unable to achieve conciliation, the respective Labour Officers, Dy. Labour Commissioner, Joint Labour Commissioner or the Labour Commissioner-cum-Director of Employment intervenes in order to sort out the Industrial Dispute. In such Industrial Establishments where 100 or more workers are working. Workers Committees have been set up as per the provision of Section3 of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.


Labour Court/ Industrial Tribunal

The Himachal Pradesh Government has setup two Labour Courts-cum-Industrial Tribunals under Industrial Disputes Act,1947 for adjudication of industrial disputes. One Court has been set up in District Shimla having jurisdiction of Shimla, Kinnaur, Solan Sirmour & Kaza of District Lahaul Spiti. Second Labour Court has been setup at Dharamsala having jurisdiction of District Kangra, Chamba, Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Mandi, Kullu and Lahaul of Distirct Lahaul-Spiti. Presiding Officers of these Courts are officers of the rank of District & Session Judge.

The work done by the Labour Court w.e.f 1.4.2010-31.3.2011 is as under:

S.NO

ITEM

REFERENCE

APPLICATION

TOTAL

1.

Pending Cases as on 1/4/2011

890

260

1150

2.

Cases received during 2011-12

398

425

823

3.

Cases dealt with during 2011-2012

472

511

983

4.

Pending cases as on 31.3.2012

816

174

990

The inspections done by functionaries of the Labour Wing in the year 20010-2011 are detailed hereunder:

0

S.NO

NAME OF THE ACT

INSPECTIONS w.e.f 1.4.2011-31.3.2012

CHALLANS LODGED IN COURTS

CASES DECIDED BY COURTS

FINES IMPOSED (RS).

1.

Shops & Commercial Act,1969

5929

913

811

466100

2.

Payment of Wages Act,1936

3707

352

238

334200

3.

Minimum Wages Act,1948

3796

565

438

342900

4.

Factories Act,1948

1750

86

69

728500

5.

Motor Transport Workers

56

-

2

1000

6.

Contractual Labour Act ,1979

855

101

67

77000

7.

Equal Remuneration Act,1976

363

1

-

-

8.

Payment of Bonus Act,1965

818

2

-

-

9.

"Upadan" Payment Act,1972

834

-

5

35500

10.

Maternity Benefit Act,1961

330

-

-

-

11.

HP Industrial Establishment (national, casual and sickness Holidays) Act,1969

1093

1

3

650

12.

Tea Plantation Act,1951

9

-

-

-

13.

Inter State Migrant workers Act,1979

121

5

14

16000

14.

Child Labour (Prohibition) Act,1986

3231

11

5

50000

15.

Industrial Employment(Standing Order) Act.

381

-

-

-

16.

BOCW Act,1996

507

39

20

34000

TOTAL

23780

2076

1672

2085850




Registered Establishments

THE DETAILS OF REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENTS AND NUMBER OF WORKERS AS ON 31.3.2012 IS AS UNDER:

S. NO.

ACT

NO. OF REGISTERED
ESTABLISHMENT

NO. OF WORKERS

1.

Factories Act,1948

4345

278133

2.

Motor Transport workers Act,1961

115

7471

3.

Trade Union Act,1926

1205

8331

4.

Plantation Act,1951

17

321

5.

Inter State migrant workers Act,1979

- -
 

a. Principal Employer

145

19905

 

b. Contractor

190

7094

6.

Labour Contract Act,1970

- -
 

a. Principal Employer

1343

177350

 

b. Contractor

6507

204371

7.

Employees State Insurance Act,1948

2500

134286

8.

Employees Provident Fund Act,1952

6059

229136

Last Reviewed/Updated : 30 April, 2013