Department of Labour and Employment (Tamil Nadu)

The Department of Labour and Employment of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Department of Labour and Employment of Tamil Nadu
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Agency overview
Formed1972
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
Minister responsible
  • Dr. Nilofer kafeel, Minister for Labour and Employment Department
Agency executives
  • P. Amudha, IAS, Secretary to Government
  • M. Karunanidhi, M.A, B.Ed, Joint Secretary to Government (Employment and Training)
  • M. Usha Rani, M.A,, Deputy Secretary to Government (O.P)
Parent agencyGovernment of Tamil Nadu
WebsiteLabour and Employment Department

History
  • The Department of Labour and Employment was formed in 1972, when Government of Tamil Nadu trifurcated the Industries, Labour and Housing Department at Tamil Nadu new Legislature & Secretariat Complex Secretariat.[1]

Objective & Functions of the Department

The Department of Labour and Employment is administering matters relating to Industrial relations, Safety of workers, Labour Welfare, Employment Exchanges and Technical training. The Commissioner of Labour looks after Industrial Relations and Labour Welfare. The Chief Inspector of Factories deals with safety in Factories. The Commissioner of Employment & Training heads two wings. The Employment Wing deals with Employment Services through a network of Employment Exchanges. The Training Wing deals with technical training through a number of Industrial Training Institutes and similar institutions. Social security is provided in a large measure, by two Central Organisations viz. The Employees Provident Fund Organisation and the Employees State Insurance Corporation. the State Labour Welfare Board provides welfare services to workers in the organized sector. The Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board, and the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Social Security and Welfare Board provide Welfare Services to workers in the unorganized sector. The Tamil Nadu Institute of Labour Studies conducts courses in Labour Management and special courses for managements, workers and officials on labour laws. The Overseas Manpower Corporation helps to find placements for workers willing to work overseas. Abolition of Child Labour is an important goal of the State Government.

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Works

According to the allocation of subjects as per the Business Rules, this Department has been allocated the following items of work:[3]

  • State Subjects:
    • Criminal Appeals
    • Public Services – Statutory Rules of the Services with which the Department is concerned – Revision of and amendment to those rules.
    • Relief of the unemployed.
    • Sanction of prosecution of Government Servants
  • Concurrent Subjects:
  1. All India Labour Ministers’ Conference, Standing Labour Committee.
  2. Indian Labour Conference, National Commission on Labour.
  3. Code of Labour discipline and grievance – procedure.
  4. Craftsmen Training, Apprenticeship Training.
  5. Factories.
  6. Fair Price Shops for Industrial Workers – Industrial Labour.
  7. Fatal Accidents Act, 1855
  8. Industrial and Labour Disputes.
  9. Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals.
  10. Social Security and Social Insurance.
  11. The Tamil Nadu Labour Journal – labour – Law Journal.
  12. The Workers Education Scheme, Workers Participation in Management and Productivity.
  13. Vocational and Technical Training.
  14. Welfare of Labour including conditions of work, employers liability, invalidity and old age pensions and maternity benefits, bonus. Wage Boards.
  15. Employment and Unemployment.
  16. The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions and Employment) Act, 1966.
  17. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
  18. The Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
  19. The Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948.
  20. The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of vacancies) Act, 1959.
  21. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.
  22. The Trade Unions Act, 1926.
  23. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
  24. The Industrial Establishments (Standing Orders) Act, 1946.
  25. The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961.
  26. The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.
  27. The Apprentices Act, 1961.
  28. The Factories Act, 1948.
  29. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
  30. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.
  31. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
  32. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
  33. The Plantations Labour Act, 1951.
  34. The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1933.
  35. The Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1955.
  36. The Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1985.
  37. The Tamil Nadu Catering Establishment Act, 1958.
  38. The Tamil Nadu Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays) Act, 1958.
  39. The Tamil Nadu Shops and Establishments Act, 1947.
  40. The Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1972
  • Union Subjects:
    • Civil Pioneer Force and Civil Labour Units.
    • Establishment of Standards of Weights and Measures.
    • International Labour Organisation.
    • The Tea Districts Emigrant Labour Act.

Sub - Departments
Name Website Established
Commissionerate of Labour https://web.archive.org/web/20121027180903/http://www.detspiu.tn.gov.in/
Department of Employment and Training (Commissionerate of Employment and Training) http://tnvelaivaaippu.gov.in/Empower/ 1 November 1956
Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health http://www.dish.gov.inl

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Undertakings & Bodies
Name Department Established Website
The Tamil Nadu Institute of Labour Studies
Overseas Manpower Corporation Limited 1978 http://www.omcmanpower.com/
Tamil Nadu Labour Welfar Board Transport http://www.tn.gov.in/sta/
Tamil Nadu Construction Workers Welfare Board Labour 1974
Tamil Nadu Manual Workers Social Security and Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu State Contract Labour Advisory Board
Tamil Nadu Plantation Labour Housing Advisory Board
Tamil Nadu State Labour Advisory Board
Tamil Nadu Washermen Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Hairdressers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Auto Rickshaw and Taxi Drivers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Domestic Workers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Tailoring Workers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Workers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Handlooms and Handloom Silk Weavers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Pottery Workers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Goldsmiths Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Artists Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Footwear, Leathers Goods Manufactory and Tannery Workers Welfare Board
Tamil Nadu Powerloom Weaving Workers Welfare Board

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Present Ministers for Labour and Employment
  • Dr. Nilofer kafeel

Former Ministers for Labour and Employment
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See also

References
  1. "departments created" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. "Objective of the Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  3. "Works of the Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  4. "Sub - Departments under Labour and Employment Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  5. "Organisations under Labour and Employment Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
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