KATHMANDU: Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Sharat Singh Bhandari, has stressed the need to systematize the labor market preparing the will to carry out work through collective initiatives.
He also emphasized increasing productivity and providing social security, systematizing the labor market.
Addressing the Ministerial and Business Roundtable Conference held in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia today, he laid emphasis on collective efforts for resolving the problems seen in the global labor market at a time when the world is passing through a rapid transformation.
Minister Bhandari on the occasion shared that Nepal has been providing targeted training to bridge the required skills gap in the labour market by identifying the skill gap, Minister Bhandari’s Secretariat stated.
Stating that the government has well understood the inevitability of organized labor in Nepal, he said they have given priority to skill development.
He stressed that the government bodies should create an environment of trust to build relations between labor and employers, and it is the government’s responsibility to provide social security in an effective way.
The Government of Nepal, he said, has been carrying out works to make social security effective.
The Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security further said all would be included in the social security and those vulnerable would be protected.
He also proposed establishing a network through such international forums for exchange of mutual information and learning and for collectively working for an efficient and productive labor market.
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