Bangalore: The Centre has proposed to introduce an umbrella labour Legislation in the budget session of Parliament, Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma said on December 21.

Speaking to reporters after attending a function here, he said there was support from all major parties for the proposed Legislation, but he was "doubtful" about support from leftist parties to it.

Verma said Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee would be the first recipient before January one of the first "social security number" under a government scheme.

To a query, he said the state governments were extending support to the "business process re-engineering" being undertaken for ensuring that the employees' provident fund (EPF) claims were settled within three or four days without loss of interest.

Verma said the report of a committee set up to improve the level of service in Employees State Insurance hospitals was expected to be submitted before December 31.

Earlier, addressing the valedictory function of the two-day southern regional conference of the National Institute of Personnel Management, he said there was a need for a change in the mindset of the employers who should make the employees feel that they were part of the organisation.

PTI