Nepal
Overview of national employment policies
- Has national employment policy
- Yes
- Adoption of national employment policies
- 1ST revision in 2005; 2ND revision in 2015
- Is the NEP under revision?
- No
Dialogue and stakeholders in the formulation process
- National
- Ministry in charge of economy/planning/finance
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of employment
- Yes
- Trade unions
- Yes
- children
- -
- Other
- Yes
- Civil society groups, such as women or youth associations
- Yes
- Employers’ organisations
- Yes
- Regional
- children
- -
- N.A.
- Yes
- Local
- No
- N.A.
- -
Coordinating actor in formulating the employment policy
- Ministry in charge of employment/labour
- Yes
- Ministry in charge of economy/finance/planning
- -
- Sectoral ministry
- -
- Other
- -
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
Ministry of Labour and Employment.Employment policy goals
- Economic growth
- -
- Decent work
- Yes
- Employment as central to development strategy
- -
- Employment creation /promotion
- -
- Ensure equal opportunities / prevent discrimination in employment
- -
- Freely chosen employment
- -
- Full employment
- -
- Poverty reduction
- Yes
- Productive employment
- Yes
- Protection of workers' rights
- -
- Reduce unemployment
- -
- Reduce underemployment
- -
- Social inclusion
- -
- Environment/green jobs
- -
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
Additional information:
The long-term vision of the National Employment Policy is to contribute to poverty alleviation by making the national economy strong and vibrant by involving the country’s available labour force in productive, decent and safe employment through means of a capable labour market by making them competitive.Strategic objectives
- Strategic objectives
- The main objectives of the National Employment Policy are as follows:
1. To make available productive and output-oriented employment opportunities to all citizens by promoting the national economy to orient various sectoral policies towards employment generation by harmonizing them with this policy;
2. To improve the quality of employment by gradually transforming informal employment into formal employment;
3. To create suitable opportunities for preparing knowledge- and skill-based labour force as per the need of the labour market;
4. To appropriately manage migrant and immigrant workers;
5. To accord priority to the creation of employment opportunities targeted at the youth;
6. To strengthen the labour market by using modern research-based information technology; and
7. To encourage employment-friendly investments by building harmonious industrial labour relations.
Employment targets
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Action plan for implementation
- National action plan
- -
- Subnational action plan
- -
Coordination framework
- NEP coordination framework?
- No
Monitoring indicators
- Employment opportunities
- -
- Adequate earnings and productive work
- -
- Decent hours
- -
- Work that should be abolished
- -
- Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
- -
- Social security
- -
- Social dialogue - Workers' and employers' representation
- -
- Other
- -
Target groups
- Youth
- Yes
- Women
- Yes
- Informal workers
- -
- Rural workers
- Yes
- Older persons
- -
- People with disabilities
- Yes
- Migrants workers
- Yes
- Other
- Yes
- N.A.
- -
- No target group
- -
Additional information:
Other: Child workers, minority groups (indigenous and tribal peoples and ethnic groups).