e-Compliance

Ease of Compliance (e-Compliance) to maintain electronic registers envisaged in various Labour Laws

Digitization of Labour related records/registers by establishments / business units for ease in compliance - reg.

1. Ministry of Labour & Employment (MoLE) has taken a number of initiatives to bring transparency and accountability in enforcement of Labour Laws and also in reducing complexity in compliance due to multiplicity of Labour Laws and enforcement agencies. A Unified Shram Suvidha Portal has been launched by the Ministry of Labour & Employment since 16.10.2014, to facilitate transparent risk-based inspections, their timely reporting and submission of returns etc.

2. As per the provisions under various Central Labour legislations and the Rules made thereunder, establishments/business units have to maintain various registers and documents. Digitization of these Registers and other related documents has the potential to achieve economy and efficiency in working environment.

3. With introduction of Information Technology Act 2000, the maintenance of such registers is also being accepted in electronic format. Section 4 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 provides that “Where any law provides that information or any other matter shall be in writing or in the typewritten or printed form, then, notwithstanding anything contained in such law, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such information or matter is rendered or made available in an electronic form; and accessible so as to be usable for a subsequent reference”.

4. In view of the above, Ministry of Labour & Employment has envisaged digitization of these labour related records and to move towards a regime of online maintenance of all labour-related records by establishments and integrate the same with Shram Suvidha Portal, to lessen the burden of avoidable compliance. To proceed further in this direction, a Concept Note on the issue has been prepared (copy enclosed)

5. Comments/suggestions of stakeholders/other members public are invited on this proposal for consideration in the Ministry of Labour & Employment. It is requested that the comments/suggestions should reach the Ministry within one month time from the date of issuance, on the address S. K. Tripathi, Under Secretary (LRC), Ministry of Labour & Employment, Room No. 17, Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi – 110001, or through email to sushil.tripathi@nic.in.

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