Lack of skilled manpower in the construction sector has led the country's construction companies to hire labourers from India even after the government move to make it mandatory for workers of any sector to acquire a Permanent Account Number (PAN).
Registration of employees with the social security fund is also a challenge for the construction sector, said secretary general of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal – during the National Labor and Employment Conference-2019 – Rosan Dahal.
Asking the entrepreneurs to spend most of their time in developing products, providing skills to the staff, and finding potential markets – during a panel session on ‘Work Culture and Dignity of Labour’, at the conference – he said that ensuring occupational, health, and safety facilities for workers and staffs can help in developing good work culture.
The entrepreneurs, on the occasion, also asked the government to help them find local raw material to manufacture Nepali products with economy of scale, in an organised way. The conference – organised by the government with an objective to identifying opportunities and gaps for employment creation and developing dialogue led consensus towards tackling pertinent labour and employment issues in Nepal – concluded today.
The founder of a startup cotton mill, in another session of the conference, 'Youth Employment in Nepal', Prasanna Basnet, said that the government should implement the programme announced in the budget. The discussion also focused on lack of access to resources for the entrepreneurs from the rural areas.
The two-day conference with a good participation from startup founders, entrepreneurs out of Kathmandu, students and representatives of trade unions, few representatives from the private sector and almost none from multinationals participated in the event, also discussed on utilisation of the knowledge and skills from returnee migrants were also discussed during the conference.
Registration of employees with the social security fund is also a challenge for the construction sector, said secretary general of the Federation of Contractors' Association of Nepal – during the National Labor and Employment Conference-2019 – Rosan Dahal.
Asking the entrepreneurs to spend most of their time in developing products, providing skills to the staff, and finding potential markets – during a panel session on ‘Work Culture and Dignity of Labour’, at the conference – he said that ensuring occupational, health, and safety facilities for workers and staffs can help in developing good work culture.
The entrepreneurs, on the occasion, also asked the government to help them find local raw material to manufacture Nepali products with economy of scale, in an organised way. The conference – organised by the government with an objective to identifying opportunities and gaps for employment creation and developing dialogue led consensus towards tackling pertinent labour and employment issues in Nepal – concluded today.
The founder of a startup cotton mill, in another session of the conference, 'Youth Employment in Nepal', Prasanna Basnet, said that the government should implement the programme announced in the budget. The discussion also focused on lack of access to resources for the entrepreneurs from the rural areas.
The two-day conference with a good participation from startup founders, entrepreneurs out of Kathmandu, students and representatives of trade unions, few representatives from the private sector and almost none from multinationals participated in the event, also discussed on utilisation of the knowledge and skills from returnee migrants were also discussed during the conference.
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