Meeting of Central Labour Advisory Committee on the finalization of Draft Labour Act 2071

 As decided in the first Central Labour Advisory Committee meeting held on August 7, 2014, the second CLAC meeting was called on September 3, 2014 at the Ministry of Labour. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Tek Bahadur Gurung, Honorable Minister of State, Ministry of Labour and Employment and was attended by the representatives of the trade unions, FNCCI and the government. The Presidents of GEFONT, NTUC-I, ANTUF and other members of Joint Trade Union Coordination Committee (JTUCC) were present from the trade unions side in the meeting. Similarly, from the employers' side, Mr. Shekhar Golchha, Vice president of FNCCI and Chairperson of Employers' Council along with the President of HAN, Mr B.K. Shrestha and other team members attended the meeting. The members present in the meeting discussed the progress made on the Draft Labour Act during the two week's time provided for narrowing down the differences between the trade unions and employers. The chairperson, Honorable Minister of State agreed to extend the time by one more week to continue the effort to settle remaining major issues which includes no work no pay and asked the Task Force to submit the draft accordingly to the Ministry on September 9, 2014.