Welcome to Employment Exchange
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National Employment Service covers all the
States and Union Territories except Sikkim and functions within
the framework of the Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification
of Vacancies) Act, 1959.
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Day to day administration of the Employment
Exchanges is with the State/UT Governments.
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It has a network of 947 Employment Exchanges
as on 31-8-2005.
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As a part of administrative functioning,
data are collected through 13 Employment Exchange Statistical
Returns, each return covering a specific field of activity
like registration, placement etc. with different periodicity.
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As a part of Employment Market Information
Programme data are collected from the Organised Sector (all
public sector establishments and all Non-agricultural private
sector establishments with 10 or more workers) on employment,
vacancies, occupational and educational pattern of employees
etc. in ER-I and ER-II return prescribed under the Act.
EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES (COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION OF VACANCIES) ACT, 1959.
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Provides for compulsory notification of
vacancies and submission of employment returns (ER-I and ER-II)
by employers to the Employment Exchanges.
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Applies to all establishments in the Public
Sector and such establishments in the Private Sector as are
engaged in non-agricultural activities and employing 25 or
more workers.
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Enforcement of the Act is the responsibility
of the States and Union Territories.
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Majority of the States/Union Territories
have special enforcement machinery for this purpose.
