Ministry of Labour and Employment works under the Government of India and this ministry is responsible for administration and formulation of law, rules and regulations pertaining to employment and labour in India. The thrust areas of ministry of labour and employment are labour and employment statistics, workers’ education, adjudication of industrial disputes through National Industrial Tribunals and Central Government Industrial Tribunals, enforcement of labour laws and industrial relations in central sphere, policy pertaining to special target groups like child labour and women, social security of labour, welfare, safety & health of labour.

The ministry has the following organizations under its control, through which employment opportunities are created:

Subordinates offices:

The following subordinate offices are working under the ministry:

• Officer of Welfare Commissioner at different cities

• Directorate General, Mines Safety

Attached Offices:

• Directorate General, Factor Advice Service and Labor Institutes

• Directorate General, Employment and Training

• Labour Bureau

• Office of Chief Labour Commissioner

Autonomous organizations:

• Central Board of Workers’ Education

• V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

• Employees’ Provident Fund Organization

• Employees State Insurance Corporation

Arbitration Bodies:

• Board of Arbitration

Adjudicating Bodies:

• Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-labour

Recent job notifications:

Recently ministry of Labour & Employment invited applications from eligible candidates for the following positions:

• M & E Assistant

• Program Assistant

• Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

• Finance & Administration Officer

• Program Officer

• National Program Coordinator

• Regional technical supervisor

• Accounts assistant

• Technical specialist

• Program coordinator

In addition to these positions called for by the Ministry of Labour and employment, the other organizations working under the ministry of Labour & Employment called for the following positions:

• Assistant Director – Employees Provident Fund Organization

• Junior Engineer (Civil) - Employees Provident Fund Organization

• Social Security Assistant - Employees Provident Fund Organizations

• Lower Division Clerk - Central Board of Workers’ Education

• Assistant-cum-Librarian - Central Board of Workers’ Education

• Associate Fellow - V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

• Accounts officer - V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

• Project Staff - V.V. Giri National Labour Institute

• Supply Chain Manager - Employees State Insurance Corporation

• Professor & Associate Professor - Employees State Insurance Corporation

Thus, the ministry of labour & employment is functioning towards the welfare of workforce in India and this ministry offers employment opportunities through the autonomous bodies, subordinate offices and attached offices working under it in such a way that the standard of living of the workforce is improved.