Employment and Wages
The Department is charged with the responsibility of initiating and implementing the employment and wage polices of the Federal Government of Nigeria and has the following functions: Formulation and implementation of employment policies. Registration and placement of unemployed applicants through: Employment Exchanges. Professional and Executive Registries. National Electronic Labour Exchange. Coordination of Decent Work Country…
Inspectorate
Mandate of the Department: Conduct labour inspection services to industrial, agricultural and commercial workplaces to enforce the National Labour Standards; Enforce the National Policy on Child Labour and its National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour in Nigeria; Supplies technical information and advice to employers and workers concerning the most effective way to…
Occupational Safety and Health
MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT The Occupational Safety and Health Department has statutory responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the safety, health and wellbeing of workers in their various workplaces (Factories), through workplace Inspections, accident investigations, Safety and Health awareness campaigns, workplace Safety and Health audit, e.t.c, as well as developing policies, regulations, guidelines, codes of practice…
Productivity Measurement And Labour Standards
Mandate of the Department. The Department was established in October 2010 in response to Government’s desirability to urgently check the low productivity index, global ranking and competitiveness of the country. The Department has three (3) Divisions, namely: International Labour Relations; Productivity Guidelines; and Productivity Monitoring. The main mandate of the department is to spearhead/ coordinate…
Skills Development and Certification
INTRODUCTION The Skills Development and Certification Department was created in the year 2010 by the office of the Head of Service of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and included in the scheme of service by the National Council on Establishment in their 38th meeting held in Ilorin in 2014. The Skills Development and Certification Department…
Social Security & Cooperative Development
MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT The Social Security/ Cooperative Development Department is saddled with the responsibility of promoting an all-inclusive approach to Social Security as stipulated in the Federal Republic of Nigeria official Gazette No.15, Vol.76 of 3rd March, 1989 and to maintain a well-coordinated Cooperative Societies in the Country as contained in the Cooperative Development ACTS…
Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations (TUSIR)
MANDATE Trade Union Services and Industrial Relations Department has the core mandate of promoting Industrial Peace and Harmony in the Country. It also has a major mandate to promptly settle Trade Disputes through Mediation & Conciliation. Developing strategies for resolving trade disputes is another core mandate of the Department. The Department is able to achieve…