F  JOB PORTAL for meeting the skilled/technical manpower requirement of Private Sector job portal of Central Employment Cell was launched on 1/1/2007.

F  It has been made compulsory for all employers to make Identity Cards for their employees within three days of their appointment by amending the H.P. Minimum Wages Rules,1978, Contract Labour (R&A) H.P. Rules,1974 and H.P. Inter State Migrant Worker (RECS) Rules,1979. This will ensure that the workers are properly identified and that they are getting all their dues. In case of any mishap they /their dependents shall get appropriate compensation. Software of Identity Cards has been developed by NIC H.P. and the same can be downloaded from the official website of the Department of Labour & Employment Department. As on 1/11/2007, 1,35,304 Identity Cards have been issued.

F  Computerization of the Department: Computer hardware has been made available to all Labour Offices and Employment Exchanges by the Department of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh. Majority of the Employment Exchanges have been computerized. Software for Registration & Renewal of Factories under Factories Act and Registration of Contractors under Contract Labour (RECS) Act is being got developed through Department of Information  Technology, H.P.

F  In order to facilitate both the Pvt. Sector Employers as well as Himachali youth, Department has started encouraging the Pvt. Sector Employers to go in for campus interviews at different  Employment Exchanges for their manpower requirement of 10 or more unskilled labour. The youth is facilitated since they do not have to travel a long distance to the Pvt. Sector Employers factory for the interview. They have to instead go to their Employment Exchange. The Employers are facilitated because they get a much better turn out of candidates for interview, thereby giving them a much better choice.

F The Department, through its Regional/District Employment Officers and other functionaries of Employment Wing, is giving Vocational Guidance Talks in Higher Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools as well as in Colleges. The new initiative taken is to invite Senior Executives of Private Sector to such talks whereby they give information on the kind of manpower and skills in demand in Private Sector including soft skills like communication skills and tips on how to have interviews.