The Government has set up a Web portal to facilitate easy access to various labour laws, consolidated information on labour inspection and its enforcement. 

The portal, which was inaugurated by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes on Thursday, will also provide an effective grievance redressal system hyperlinked with the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances portal, a Labour Ministry release said.

The integrated portal will operate through a Unique Labour Identification Number (Shram Pehchan Sankhya) LIN for each employer/establishment.  The employers will be allotted LIN after registration on the portal.  The enforcement agency will upload the data for inspection on the Web portal, which will be updated periodically, the release added.

Calling for the effective implementation of labour laws, Fernandes said as a pilot initiative, the Ministry had selected the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) organisation, the Employees State Insurance Corporation and the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to start with.  “Other statutes and State Governments could also join this unified single Web portal subsequently,” he said.  The portal is being developed and maintained by the National Informatics Centre.

aditi.n@thehindu.co.in

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