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 2009-2010: 

S. NO.

PROGRAMME

NO. OF PERSON

1.

Individual Guidance

14303

2.

Guidance during Registration

166467

3.

No. of persons participated  in the Group Discussions

18097

4.

No. of Guidance given at Schools & Colleges

133


                            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

June,2008

3727

980

258429

95269

June,2009

3838

1037

261972

107388

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

June,2008

658

89401

322

5868

June,2009

672

101667

365

5721

 

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 38 years, along with relaxation for SC, ST, Physically Handicapped & Ex. Service Men.

The District wise work done by Employment Exchanges w.e.f 14.2009 to 31.3.2010, 2009-2010) is as under:

S.No

District

Registration

Vacancies

Placement

Live Register

Notified

Submission

Govt.

Pvt

Total

1.

Bilaspur

8899

85

8374

186

51

51648

243

2.

Chamba

6787

102

8359

95

194

56630

484

3.

Hamirpur

12458

5

2670

79

687

68323

6894

4.

Kangra

28554

335

8615

324

446

181415

14450

5.

Kinnaur

1967

482

1036

8

63

8710

688

6.

Kullu

6445

287

2097

0

0

45955

1628

7.

Lahaul Spiti

860

31

37

8

0

4221

49

8.

Mandi

25941

90

13612

86

495

144091

2671

9.

Shimla

11757

613

6613

118

108

105127

9834

10.

Sirmour

7435

604

2670

27

44

47965

180

11.

Solan

8759

906

11416

73

395

53534

1798

12.

Una

10618

695

12676

143

450

59710

3500

TOTAL

130480

4235

78175

1147

2933

827329

42399


LIVE REGISTER AS PER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ( AS ON 31.3.2010)

POST GRADUATES

55570

GRADUATES

113110

MATRICULATES TO UNDER GRADUATES

568205

UNDER MATRIC

85969

ILLITERATE

4475

TOTAL

827329

 LIVE LIVE REGISTER AS PER CASTE (as on 31.3.2010)

SCHEDULE-CASTE

170408

SCHEDULE-TRIBE

35757

O.B.C

62664

OTHERS

558500

TOTAL

827329

  LIVE REGISTER BIFURCATION AS PER SEX

MALE

536579

FEMALE

290750

TOTAL

827329

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 1.4.2009-31.3.2010 is as under:

S.NO

ITEM

REFERENCE

APPLICATION

TOTAL

1.

Pending Cases as on 31.3.2009

1670

213

1883

2.

Cases received during 2009-10

399

194

593

3.

Cases dealt with during 2009-10

649

90

739

4.

Pending cases as on 31.3.2010

1420

317

1737

 The inspections done by functionaries of the Labour Wing in the year 2009-2010 are detailed hereunder:

S.NO

NAME OF THE ACT

INSPECTIONS w.e.f 1.4.2009-31.3.2010

CHALLANS LODGED IN COURTS

CASES DECIDED BY COURTS

FINES IMPOSED (`).

1.

Shops & Commercial Act,1969

5614

1025

864

`482950

2.

Payment of Wages Act,1936

2839

81

104

`224650

3.

Minimum Wages Act,1948

3043

96

131

`86000

4.

Factories Act,1948

1441

38

43

`391000

5.

Motor Transport Workers

24

6

2

`800

6.

Contractual Labour Act ,1979

847

56

95

`100400

7.

Equal Remuneration Act,1976

161

1

1

`10000

8.

Payment of Bonus Act,1965

479

1

1

`500

9.

“Upadan” Payment Act,1972

488

3

4

`35000

10.

Maternity Benefit Act,1961

132

2

2

`3000

11.

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

679

1

6

`700

12.

Tea Plantation Act,1951

5

0

0

`0

13.

Inter State Migrant workers Act,1979

98

19

12

`10500

14.

Child Labour (Prohibition) Act,1986

2187

0

0

`0

15.

Industrial Employment(Standing Order) Act.

107

0

0

`0

16

Building & Other Construction WorkersAct,1996

170

3

0

`0

-

TOTAL

18314

1332

1265

1345500


                                            

        Registered Establishments
   

THE DETAILS OF REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENTS AND NUMBER OF WORKERS AS ON 31.3.2010 IS AS UNDER:

S. NO.

ACT

NO. OF REGISTERED
ESTABLISHMENT

NO. OF WORKERS

1.

Factories Act,1948

3853

233894

2.

Motor Transport workers Act,1961

112

7437

3.

Trade Union Act,1926

1161

2378

4.

Plantation Act,1951

17

321

5.

Payment of bonus Act,1965

198

20985

6.

Maternity Benefit Act,1961

-

-

7.

Inter State migrant workers Act,1979

- -
-

a. Principal Employer

102

9051

-

b. Contractor

122

4047

8.

Labour Contract Act,1970

- -
-

a. Principal Employer

1164

147865

-

b. Contractor

5782

160031

9.

Manisana wage Board

36

459

10.

Employees  State Insurance Act,1971

2580

211869

11.

Payment of Bonus Act,1972

1623

135231

12.

Employees Provident Fund Act,1952

6542

307551

Last Reviewed/Updated On : 28 September 2010