Nepal – 1st – forced labour

2.2 Business and Human Rights Implementation Action Plan

1. 1. Protection

S.No.	Activity	Responsible agency	Partner agency	Timeline	Performance Indicator
2	To review the laws related to abolition of forced labour.	MOLESS	Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (MOLJPA)/Trade Union/ Umbrella organisations of business sector	Third year	Law reviewed
5	To carry out study on the state of child labour, all kinds of discriminatory practices, and the right to association within the business	Institute of policy studies)	MOLESS Local level/Labour and Employment Office	First year	Study report
12	To conduct awareness programs related to labour rights (prohibition of child labour, prohibition of forced labour, minimum wages/ benefits, holidays, social security, working hours, special rights of women and respect for labour, equal pay for equal work).	Labour and employment offices/ local level/ employers/ trade union	Provincial government, organisations working in the field of human rights, civil society	Continu ous	Awareness programmes on labour rights implemented in local levels
14	To effectively implement the national master plan on prohibition of child labour (2075 2085)	MOLESS	MOICS, MOWCSC	Continu ous from first year	Action plan implemented
23	To carry out survey on child labour and discriminatory practices within the business sector	MOWCSC	stakeholder	First year	Study report

2. Respect

55

The party employing in daily wage labour to do so by signing a mandatory contract agreement with the workers.

Employer/business enterprise/thematic association/federation

Trade union

Continuous

Mandatory contract agreement with workers

• 3. Remedy

106

To address the problem of undocumented workers, workers in jail and those undergoing treatment in hospital after falling seriously ill in the destination countries through justified measures.

Foreign employment board, department of foreign employment and foreign employ ment tribunal

MOLESS

Continuous

Problem resolved