Peshawar: A review meeting on the digitalization of the Labor Department was held on Tuesday at the Civil Secretariat Peshawar, under the chairmanship of the Minister for Labour Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Fazal Shakur Khan. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of Labour Department Mian Adil Iqbal, Secretary of the Workers Welfare Board KP, Muhammad Tufail, Director Labour, Vice Commissioner of Employees Social Security Institution, and other concerned officers. The Provincial Minister was thoroughly briefed on the complete digitalization of the department. It was told in the briefing that factories and production units will be registered online with the department.
In briefing it was further said that paper-based process for factory registration has been completely eliminated, and factory or production unit owners will submit their registration applications online. The briefing further mentioned that all the shortcomings in the manual system had been addressed in the new online registration system. The provincial minister was also briefed on the digitalization of labour courts. Regarding the Workers Welfare Board scholarships, it was said that students will apply online for scholarships, and applications will be approved for those who meet the criteria while in case of ineligibility, the application will be rejected on the spot.
It is further explained that the allocation of quarters in labour colonies for workers has also been computerized, and data for workers registered with ESSI or EOBI will be entered online. The briefing also included a detailed discussion on the digitalization of ESSI's medical facilities and other services. However, various proposals were considered in the meeting to further improve the digitalization process. Speaking on the occasion the Provincial Minister Fazal Shakur Khan said that the digitalization of the Labour department will eliminate all the shortcomings present in the manual system.
He added that the digitized system will bring complete transparency in labour department. He further said that digitalization will ensure timely disbursement of scholarship funds to the eligible students. The Provincial Minister added that revolutionary reforms are was implemented for the welfare of workers, and with the digitalization of the department, almost all the issues faced by workers will be resolved. " The labour department will deliver its services more efficiently in a better way" he concluded.