Labour
Labour Department is dedicated to the cause of the toiling masses, and for providing them better standard of living through various laws and schemes implemented by different wings under its control.
Governor is pleased to revise the minimum rates of wages payable to the employees employed in respect of the employment in ‘Employment in meat and meat Products and feed Plants’, in the State of West Bengal.
Governor is hereby pleased to reconstitute the West Bengal Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board under the said Act and Rules.
Job seekers, job providers can register at National Career Service Portal ). The portal provides job matching, career counselling content, Local services etc.
Providing training for registered job-seekers through selected Institutions, certification thereof and disbursement of subsidy for such training programmes upto a maximum amount of Rs. 5000/- or 50% of the course fee whichever is less.
Guidelines for providing financial assistance to the distressed workers of the locked out/ closed Jute/ Other Industry of the State of West Bengal where suspension of work have been imposed.
Mandatory Online Registration of jobseekers in Employment Bank, Mandatory Online Validation of registration of job-seekers in Employment Bank
A scheme in the name of State Assisted Scheme of Provident Fund for Unorganized Workers (SASPFUW) was introduced by Labour Department in 2001.
Governor is hereby pleased to reconstitute the West Bengal Tea Plantation employees’ Welfare Board in cancellation of the previous Gazette Notification.
All payments of bonus should be completed by 23.09.2022 and in respect of Muslim employees/ workers before Id-Ul-Fitre of 2022.
An Act to provide for the constitution of a fund for promoting activities connected with the welfare of labour in West Bengal and for matters connected therewith.