National Seminar on Education and Employment Linkage concludes The National Seminar on Education and Employment Linkage, jointly organized by the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), the Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN), and the Nepal Automobiles Dealers' Association (NADA), concluded successfully at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur on Thursday. Kathmandu 30 Aug, 2024
Local level gets grant for child labour-free programme ​​​​​​​The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security said it had provided a conditional grant of Rs 300,000 each to 104 local levels through the Ministry of Finance for the operation of a child labour-free programme in the running fiscal. Nepal 16 Aug, 2023
ILO launches second phase of Bridge Project The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Nepal recently invited key stakeholders to discuss the joint strategy to effectively address forced labour in Nepal, on the occasion of the launch of the second phase of the ILO Project 'From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labour (The Bridge Project II)'. Business 29 Jul, 2023
Nepal and UAE renew labour agreement for four years The third meeting of the Nepal-United Arab Emirates (UAE) Joint Working Committee has agreed to automatically renew the labour agreement between the two countries for the next four years. Business 15 Jun, 2023
Minister Bhandari for resolving issues related to labour, employment Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Sharat Singh Bhandari has laid emphasis on resolving issues related to labour and employment with due diligence as well as accelerating the ministry’s programmes for effective results. Business 05 Jun, 2023
Psychosocial issues affect migrant workers, family members In the last eight months of the current financial year, as many as 540,000 Nepalis have migrated abroad for employment purposes. Business 12 Apr, 2023
Application for labour permit from all local level Foreign employment aspirants now can submit their applications from local levels from coming April 14. Nepal 31 Mar, 2023
MoLESS proposes amendment to work permit procedures The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security has sent a proposal to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal who also holds the Labour, Employment and Social Security portfolio for amending the ministry’s procedure to grant labour permits to Nepali migrant workers from destination countries. PM Dahal is expected to okay the procedure soon. Opinion 15 Mar, 2023
About 1.1 million children are engaged in labour in Nepal Some improvement has been witnessed in reducing child labour over the last one decade in Nepal. However, a report has found about 1.1 million children still working in areas such as brick kilns, carpet factories and entertainment business, among others. Nepal 11 Feb, 2022
Nepali migrant workers in UAE urge implementation of labour agreement Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha has said that the government has forwarded a campaign to make foreign employment safe, dignified and systematic. Business 29 Oct, 2021
Proposal submission deadline extended by 35 days The government has served more time to interested local levels to submit proposals to claim their eligibility to be declared ‘child labour free zone’. Nepal 05 Feb, 2021
Door opens for employment of Nepali youths in Israel KATHMANDU, JANUARY 21 Implementation Protocol was signed between Nepal and Israel today for implementation of the agreement related to temporary employment of Nepali workers in the labour market of Israel. At a programme held at the Ministry of... Horoscopes 22 Jan, 2021
