Workers and Trade Unions;

industry and its associations; and child and women workers and the bonded labourers.

Commitment to the Stake Holders

• Enforcement of labour laws in factories, shops and commercial establishments through a Self-Certification Scheme. Under this scheme, a pre-designed format – the Compliance Status Report (CSR), contains broadly the statements based on the minimum concerns to be answered by the entrepreneurs, so that the status of compliance is objectively evaluated. This format, duly filled in, is required to be submitted by the unit to the local office of the department by 31st January of every year, which shall be verified by a joint team in respect of 20% of the units every year. Such 20% units shall be identified on the basis of number of workers employed therein starting from the larger employment. The joint team shall consist of Asstt. Labour Commissioner/Labour Enforcement Officer; Dy./Asstt. Director of Factories; a senior representative of the management of the unit; and an agreed representative of the workers. If the compliance, after verification, is found to be 100%, a Green Card may be issued to the unit and thereafter the unit shall be exempted from inspection for the next five years. However, these units shall be required to continue submitting annual compliance status report (CSR) on prescribed format every year in the month of January.
• If a unit has received SA-8000 certification, the department on an application from the unit, may exempt the unit from inspection for the period of such certification.
• This system of self-certification shall not be applicable in respect of hazardous factories and for the inspection of boilers under the Indian Boilers Act, 1923.
• Regular inspections procedure, already in existence, shall be applicable to such units, who shall not follow the above system.
• In view of specific nature of brick-kiln industry and also with an objective to ensure implementation of labour laws applicable in brick-kiln industry, the State of Uttar Pradesh vide order no. 625/36-3-06-62(CM)/01 TC, dated 28th March, 2006 have issued instructions to concentrate, on priority, on certain issues relating to regulation of employment, conditions of service, working conditions, hours of work and social security measures under the various labour laws during the inspection of brick-kiln establishments. The Labour Enforcement Officers and the Asstt. Director of Factories posted in the regions have been inspecting the units to carry out the above instructions of the State Government to ensure the above priority concerns in the brick-kiln establishment
• Registration and renewal of shops and commercial establishments.
• Registration and licensing of factories and renewal thereof.
• Registration of units engaging contractors and license to the contractors; registration and licensing for the employment of migrant labour; license and renewal thereof to carry out Beedi making; and registration to the owners of motor transport establishments
• Inspection of boilers with a view to enforce the provisions relating to safety of boilers and other related equipment and also registration and renewal thereof.
• Speedy and timely redressal of complaints and grievances of workers through conciliation proceedings and enforcement of labour laws with a view to establishment harmonious industrial relations and payment of dues and benefits guaranteed under various labour laws.
• Timely intervention in industrial disputes for its prevention through conciliation and settlement in respect of private and state sector establishment.
• Publication of awards within a period of 30 days.
• Implementation of provisions relating to safety, health, welfare, and working hours in factories. Assistance to the factory management in developing health and safety policy, on-site emergency plan, and safety report in respect of major accidents hazards factories and also timely advice and instructions to the regional officers for the development of offsite emergency plan in respect of districts wherein major accident hazard factories are situated through district crisis group under the chairmanship of District Magistrate.
• Enforcement of minimum wages and its timely payment in the factories, shops and establishments.
• Administration and enforcement of various labour laws.
• Fixation and revision of minimum wages under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 in respect of scheduled employments; and also through tripartite agreements. The minimum wages are fixed/revised at an interval of five years.
• Effective functioning of Minimum Wages Advisory Board and Contract Labour Advisory Board.
• Registration of trade unions under section-8, cancellation of trade unions under section-10 of the Trade Unions Act, 1926, amalgamation of trade unions and amendment of bylaws are done by Registrar, Trade Union. The requisite action is initiated within a period of 7 days.
• Regulation and maintenance of labour colonies under the Industrial Housing Scheme.
• Enforcement of provisions relating to safety of boilers and other related equipment through physical inspection and their registration and renewal thereof. Registration of Boilers in 30 days and renewal of certificate of registration in 20 days on payment of requisite amount of fee.
• Prohibition of child labour in hazardous process industries through inspections and surveys under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 and mainstreaming of all forms of child labourers into formal education as well as vocational training to the children of 9-14 years of age under the NCLP Project; and identification & rehabilitation of bonded labourers.
• Enforcement of provisions relating to social security measures to all workers and to the women workers as well. Compensation to the injured persons and to the nominees of deceased workers.
• Implementation of labour welfare schemes promoted by the U.P. Labour Welfare Board through the Labour Welfare Fund.
• Development and generation of labour related statistics. Year-wise statistics on enforcement and administration of various labour laws is generated and sent to the Labour Bureau, Shimla.
• Workload studies in respect of various industrial operations in the units as and when reference is made.
• Establishing and monitoring of functioning of quality circles in industrial units.
• Organizing training for employees of the department for their professional excellence.
• Active participation in e-Governance Project and e-Biz Portal of the State Government by data digitization and extensive application of I.T. tools in the functioning of the Department.
• Reforms in labour laws and simplification of procedures to suit the environment of liberalization and globalization of trade and commerce. Necessary exemptions under the various labour laws to promote industrial growth in the state as well as ensuring the protection of workers' interests and their due benefits.
• Due and active participation in apex level tripartite committees like Indian Labour Conference, Standing Labour Committee; related seminar and workshops, Udyog Bandhu. Participation in the programmes run and sponsored by ILO and UNICEF.
• Transparency in work culture by creating a website and its timely updating.