Job Responsibilities

Distribution of work among the Officers level

Section-wise Detailed Subject Distribution

• Labour & Rehabilitation (A) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (B) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (C) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (D) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (E) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (F) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (G) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (H) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (J) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (R) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (S) Department
• Labour & Rehabilitation (PS) Department

(iii) Additional Secretary

All papers relating to Labour (S1, S2) Seats

(iv) Additional Secretary

All papers relating to Labour (S3, S4) Seats

(v) Deputy Secretary

All papers relating to Labour (A), (E), (G) Section and Labour (R3) Seat

Section-wise Detailed Subject Distribution

Labour & Rehabilitation (A) Department

Deputy Secretary

Under Secretary 1

Section Officer

• Industrial Disputes of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki Districts. Papers relating to the issuance of NDC for the Installation of Stone Crusher Units of the above 5 Districts.

• Industrial Disputes of Alappuzha and Ernakulam Districts

• Papers relating to the Issuance of NOC for the installation of Stone Crusher Units of the above two districts.

• Periodical reports on pending cases of all Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals. 

• All Labour Disputes falling outside the purview of ID Act.

• Papers relating to amendments and modifications under Industrial Disputes Act and Files received from other Departments for remarks based on Industrial Disputes Act and Rules.

• Industrial Disputes of Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod Districts.

• Papers relating to the issuance of NOC for the installation of Stone Crusher Units of the above 7 Districts.

Labour & Rehabilitation (B) Department

Additional Secretary (B) Seat

Joint Secretary (B2, B3 Seats)

Section Officer

• All papers relating to Kerala Toddy Workers Welfare Fund Board except Section B (5). Appeal Petitions and all papers relating to Kerala Labour Welfare Fund Board
• Problems of workers in the respective categories but falling outside the purview of the above Welfare Fund Boards.

• All papers relating to the Department of Factories & Boilers and Miscellaneous papers of the Section.

• All papers relating to exemption from ESI Act.

Labour & Rehabilitation (C) Department

Additional Secretary

Under Secretary

Section Officer

• Establishment papers of ITD and Govt. it is.
• Administrative Report of Industrial Training Department, R.I Centres.

• Establishment papers of the Labour Commissionerate, Staff of Labour Department working in the Industrial Tribunals.
• Administration Report of the Labour Department.

• Miscellaneous papers of Labour (C) Department
• Budget Papers of Labour Department,
• All Budget related papers of the Department (Alteration Memorandum, Non-tax Revenue, etc., etc)
• Inspection Reports of the Accountant General and Audit objections in respect of Industrial Training Department Papers relating to PAC.
•  Intensive Job oriented Training Schemes implemented though the Department of Industrial Training
• The papers on sanctioning of New Trades and Creation of Posts.
• Continuance Sanction of temporary posts
• Establishment of new ITI’s
• Construction works and Administrative Sanction for ITIs
• Condemnation of Vehicles of Industrial Training Department.

Labour & Rehabilitation (D) Department

Joint Secretary

Under Secretary I

Section Officer

• Payment of Gratuity Act (Central Act)
• Kerala Industrial Employment, Payment of Gratuity Act,
• Payment of Bonus Act
• Beedi & Cigar Workers Act and Rules,
• Beedi & Cigar Workers Welfare Fund Act,
• Labour Ministers Conference
• Labour Secretaries Conference
• Review of Monthly Labour Situations
• Weekly, Fortnightly and Monthly Statement of Lockout, Lay Off, Retrenchment
• Kerala Beedi & Cigar Workers Welfare Fund Board.
• Etta, Kattuvally and Pandanus Leaf Workers Welfare Fund Board Act & Rules,
• Problems of workers in the same category but falling outside the purview of the above Welfare Fund Boards

• National Commission on Agricultural Labour
• Consolidation Work of Labour Department excluding papers of LA Interpellation, Assurance, Subject Committee, etc.
• Papers relating to Plantation Labour Act & Rules, allied matters,
• Office Orders relating to the Department,
• Miscellaneous papers of the Section and Department
• Labour Policy
• Computerization and other related papers,
• Plantation State Level Meetings, follow up action and connected subjects
• MGP/IT papers

• Papers relating to the Inspection reports of the Training Department from Store Purchase and Finance Departments,
• Purchase of equipments for the Department of Training
• Miscellaneous papers in respect of Training Department
• Papers relating to private Industrial Training Centres
• Training of Industrial Training Institute and their Associations,
• Certificate holders of Industrial Training Institutes and their Associations,
• Apprenticeship Act and Rules, there under,
• General papers relating to the review of Plan Schemes,
• Five year Plan and related papers,

Labour & Rehabilitation (E) Department

Deputy Secretary

Under Secretary I

Section Officer

• All papers relating to – Minimum Wages, Minimum Wages Act 1948 and Rules, Payment of Wages Act & Rules,
• Recommendation of Wage Board,
• Formation of Wage Board,
• Formation of Minimum Wages Committees.

• All papers relating to – Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act & Rules
• Industrial Relations Committee /Board
• Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Work and Conditions of Service)
• Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952.
• Exemption from EPF & Miscellaneous Provisions Act.
• The Casual, Temporary and Badali Workers Wages Bill,
• Welfare Funds (Enactment of Bill only)
• Consolidation and Miscellaneous papers of the Section.

• All papers related to – The Equal Remuneration Act and Rules
• The Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act and Rules.
• The Trade Union Act & Rules
• Motor Transport Workers Act & Rules
• Maternity Benefit Act and Rules.
• Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act & Rules
• Working journalists and other Newspapers Employees (Condition of Service and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act & Rules,
• Working journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act,
• Employment of Children Act & Schemes and Regulations,
• The Kerala Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act & Rules,
• The Kerala Motor Transport Workers (Payment of Fair Wages) Act,
• The Kerala Industrial Establishment (National and Festival Holidays) Act & Rules ILO Papers.
• Workers education Schemes
• Kerala Shops & Commercial Establishment Act and Rules
• Workmen’s Compensation Act and Rules,
• Workers in the unorganized sector – petitions, demands, issue, etc,
• Papers on Committee for Welfare of Women, Children & Physically Handicapped.
• Grant-in-Aid Scheme –Project, Proposals.

• Establishment of Gazetted Officers of IMS Department,
• Fixation of Rent of ESI Dispensaries
• Extension and implementation of ESI Schemes to new areas and categories,
• Dying-in-harness papers of MS Department
• Miscellaneous papers in the Section etc.

• Papers related to ESI Schemes,
• Establishment of NGOs, including medical and para-medical staff of IMS Department
• Medical arrangement and General papers connected with ESI Scheme
• Papers relating to PAC, Subject Committee, Estimate Committee, LA Assurance,
• Budget, Administration report of IMS Department
• Establishment of IMS Department

• Payment of Medical benefits to IPs and family,
• Land acquisition/Purchase of medicines.

Labour & Rehabilitation (G) Department

Deputy Secretary

Section Officer

• Establishment papers of National Employment Services and All papers relating to Kerala Institute of Labour & Employment, Labour Academy.

• All papers relating to Employment Registration and Seniority,
• Employment assistance from all Districts except Thiruvananthapuram & Kollam Districts.
• Simplification of Emigration Act,
• Enforcement of CNV Act
• All papers relating ODEPC Limited.

• Establishment papers of all Labour Courts and All Industrial Tribunals in the State Rent,
• Telephone, repair and condemnation of vehicles of Employment Department. Papers relating to registration of candidates in the Employment Exchanges
• Petitions against Registration Seniority
• Petitions for Employment Assistance in respect of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam District
• Miscellaneous papers of the Section.

Labour & Rehabilitation (H) Department

Additional Secretary

Under Secretary

Section Officer

• Kerala Unemployment Assistance Scheme
• Self-employment scheme implemented through Employment Exchanges
• All papers relating to Kerala Tailoring Workers Act
• Kerala Tailoring Workers Welfare Scheme and
• Kerala Tailoring Workers Welfare Fund Board,
• Problems of workers in the respective categories but falling outside the purview of the above Welfare Fund Boards
• Miscellaneous papers of the Section.