Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
to
Develop Labor Law in Nepal
By
Bishnu Rimal
Worker News and AMRC, 2002
Reviewed by
Rabin Dungana
Case Facts
History of Formation of Labor Acts
Various Changes made throughout the creation,
amendment and reforms of the Factory & Factory
Workers Act - 1959
Changes made through the Popular Peoples
Movement in 1990
Role of GEFONT and founder Mr. Mukunda Neupane
for the formation of Labor Act
Formation of Labor Act 1993, its amendments and
other series of Acts then after
Various addressed and lacking part of the Labor Acts
in Nepal
Foreign Employment
1986: Foreign Employment Act was amended in 1998
Regulation announced by Government on 1999, September
Government to establish Labor Representative in the countries with
more than 5,000 Nepali Labors for their security and safety
Foreign business to publish the advertisement in the daily
newspapers through agents to hire and select labors
Payment to foreign labors no less than $ 125 per month
Update government about the labors in every six months
Allowed to take 25% of the first month salary of labor
Required to buy insurance worth at least NRS 100,000.
However
Welabor
Have
longlike
way
go..we
Many unfair
practices
childto
labor,
low wages, death of
labor
dont
Legislation
Acts
Right to
strike need
but longonly
process
66 days withor
60%
support
voting
in paper.we need proper
Easy to lockout employees 7 days prior notice
mechanism
application,
No clear provision
to punish for
employers
for misconduct to the
labors
monitoring
and
adherence
of
Contract labor provisions are not clear
related
bodies
EqualityGovernment
between men andand
women
in law but
not implemented
NO properfor
working
environment
forof
differently
enabled
all
the
clauses
Labor
&
employees
7 ILO conventions are
ratified, 4Laws
in the process
of ratifications but
related
!!
several cases of violation