National employment act being drafted

Kathmandu, November 12 The government is preparing to bring in a national employment act. The Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment has prepared a draft of the National Employment Bill and moved it forward. The Council of Ministers meeting on October 16 approved the principles of the bill. Following that decision, the ministry advanced the draft.

The Ministry of Finance has also given its consent to the bill. In its progress reports for July-October, the Finance Ministry listed its approval to move the draft forward under its policy-level work. According to the Ministry of Youth, Labour and Employment, the bill aims to bring Nepal’s scattered domestic and foreign employment laws under a single umbrella act. The proposed bill seeks to amend and consolidate, in line with current needs, certain provisions of the Right to Employment Act, 2075, the Foreign Employment Act, 2064, and the Labour Act, 2074.

The Council of Ministers’ approval in principle has allowed the process to move to the next stage. The Finance Ministry’s consent is part of that process.