Kathmandu. The Department of Labour and Occupational Safety under the Ministry of Labour has warned about the provisions regarding action against the establishments that do not submit the labor audit report.
Issuing a public notice, the Department drew attention to the provision of submitting a report to the Labour and Employment Office after conducting a labour audit by mid-December every year.
The Department has also threatened to impose a fine of up to Rs 20,000 as per Section 163 (2) (b) of the Labour Act 2074 BS against the establishments who do not submit the report within the stipulated time in violation of the provisions of the Labour Act.
Section 100 of the Labour Act 2074 and Rule 56 of the Regulations 2075 stipulate that each establishment has to submit a report to the Labour and Employment Office by mid-December of each financial year in the format mentioned in Schedule 10 of the Regulations 2075 BS.
According to the Labour Audit Standard 2075 BS, the establishment can conduct a labour audit from the managerial level employees working in its own establishment for labor audit. Apart from this, labor audit can also be done by individuals or organizations outside the establishment. A Nepali citizen who has completed at least a bachelor’s degree and has at least two years of work experience at the managerial level of an industrial establishment can work as a labour auditor.
The labour auditor should prepare a report based on the actual status of the work done by the establishment and submit it to the academy, perform the work within the stipulated time without any pressure and influence or greed, and the information related to the establishment that has come to the notice in the course of the audit can be made public in accordance with the law.
