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 2008-2009: 

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,2007

3727

980

258429

95269

June,2008

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,2007

658

89401

322

5868

June,2008

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 14.2008 to 31.3.2009, 2008-2009) is as under:

S.No

District

Registration

Vacancies

Placement

Live Register

Notified

Submission

Govt.

Pvt

Total

1.

Bilaspur

12174

203

7437

184

65

249

52406

2.

Chamba

8865

64

8570

160

354

514

49904

3.

Hamirpur

15382

77

7032

348

360

708

66211

4.

Kangra

37990

546

24195

961

499

1460

178096

5.

Kinnaur

2516

79

1546

80

23

103

8960

6.

Kullu

8196

78

3435

149

38

187

41817

7.

Lahaul Spiti

1071

13

377

26

-

26

5312

8.

Mandi

30904

113

23046

337

651

988

142072

9.

Shimla

16289

3244

8756

334

275

609

110686

10.

Sirmour

10728

865

14358

195

280

475

48831

11.

Solan

10189

953

18741

261

501

762

50392

12.

Una

13133

1052

15001

283

1017

1300

59095

TOTAL

167437

7287

132494

3318

4063

7381

813782


LIVE REGISTER AS PER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION ( AS ON 31.3.2009)

POST GRADUATES

51174

GRADUATES

105917

MATRICULATES TO UNDER GRADUATES

550937

UNDER MATRIC

101973

ILLITERATE

3781

TOTAL

8,13,782

 LIVE REGISTER AS PER CASTE (as on 31.3.2009)

SCHEDULE-CASTE

170113

SCHEDULE-TRIBE

33075

O.B.C

58684

OTHERS

551910

TOTAL

8,13,782

  LIVE REGISTER BIFURCATION AS PER SEX

MALE

528233

FEMALE

285549

TOTAL

8,13,782

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 1.4.2008-31.3.2009 is as under:

S.NO

ITEM

REFERENCE

APPLICATION

TOTAL

1.

Pending Cases as on 31.3.2008

1039

409

1448

2.

Cases received during 2008-09

1025

166

1191

3.

Cases dealt with during 2008-09

394

362

756

4.

Pending cases as on 31.3.2009

1670

213

1883

 The inspections done by functionaries of the Labour Wing in the year 2008-2009 are detailed hereunder:

S.NO

NAME OF THE ACT

INSPECTIONS w.e.f 1.4.2008-31.3.2009

CHALLANS LODGED IN COURTS

CASES DECIDED BY COURTS

FINES IMPOSED (RS).

1.

Shops & Commercial Act,1969

5066

1268

1032

574350

2.

Payment of Wages Act,1936

2517

181

161

359600

3.

Minimum Wages Act,1948

2824

353

309

233150

4.

Factories Act,1948

1076

89

58

504000

5.

Motor Transport Workers

45

5

1

500

6.

Contractual Labour Act ,1979

890

149

111

192000

7.

Equal Remuneration Act,1976

170

0

1

5000

8.

Payment of Bonus Act,1965

421

1

1

-

9.

“Upadan” Payment Act,1972

585

16

9

17900

10.

Maternity Benefit Act,1961

184

2

1

500

11.

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

705

11

6

2250

12.

Tea Plantation Act,1951

18

-

-

-

13.

Inter State Migrant workers Act,1979

98

30

27

42300

14.

Child Labour (Prohibition) Act,1986

2321

-

-

-

15.

Industrial Employment(Standing Order) Act.

200

2

1

-

TOTAL

17120

2107

1718

1931550


                                            

        Registered Establishments
   

THE DETAILS OF REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENTS AND NUMBER OF WORKERS AS ON 31.3.2009 IS AS UNDER:

S. NO.

ACT

NO. OF REGISTERED
ESTABLISHMENT

NO. OF WORKERS

1.

Factories Act,1948

3493

205509

2.

Motor Transport workers Act,1961

111

7412

3.

Trade Union Act,1926

1128

-

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

83

12163

b. Contractor

100

4393

8.

Labour Contract Act,1970

a. Principal Employer

922

87600

b. Contractor

2964

117010

9.

Manisana wage Board

36

459

10.

Employees  State Insurance Act,1971

2500

134286

11.

Payment of Bonus Act,1972

1623

135231

12.

Employees Provident Fund Act,1952

6059

229136