**Executive Summary**
India will host the 12th BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM) in Hyderabad on 15–16 July 2026, as part of its 2026 BRICS Chairship. Chaired by Union Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, the meeting aims to foster cooperation on social protection, workforce skilling, and labor market formalization. A key action item involves the consideration and adoption of a draft declaration prepared during the preceding Employment Working Group meeting.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Event Overview and Theme**
* **Host and Venue:** Hyderabad, India, will host the meeting under India’s 2026 BRICS Chairship.
* **Official Theme:** "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS)."
* **Leadership:** The meeting will be chaired by the Union Minister for Labour & Employment, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya.
**Four Priority Areas for Deliberation**
* **Social Security:** Advancing the formalization of labor markets and social protection.
* **Gender Inclusion:** Enhancing women's participation and inclusion within the workforce.
* **Skills Development:** Strengthening cooperation on employability and skills mapping.
* **Digital Innovation:** Leveraging digital technologies to benefit all workers, specifically including those in the gig and platform economies.
**Strategic Objectives**
* **Knowledge Sharing:** Sharing national experiences, best practices, and innovative approaches to social protection and skilling.
* **Policy Tools:** Identifying practical, replicable policy tools to ensure labor markets remain inclusive and responsive to technological changes.
* **Sustainable Growth:** Promoting resilient and sustainable growth across BRICS nations through continued dialogue on decent work.
**Impact Analysis**
**BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers**
**Impact**
Ministers will serve as the primary decision-makers, reviewing shared labor market challenges and establishing a unified approach toward worker welfare.
**Action Required**
Review, deliberate upon, and adopt the draft declaration concluded by the Employment Working Group.
**Gig and Platform Workers**
**Impact**
These workers are a specific focus of deliberations regarding digital technology leverage and the development of inclusive models for platform-based work.
**Action Required**
No direct action is required from workers; however, they are the subjects of proposed policy improvements regarding digital public infrastructure and welfare.
**BRICS Member States (Governments)**
**Impact**
Member states will benefit from a platform for sustained dialogue and the identification of pathways to make national labor markets more adaptable.
**Action Required**
Share national experiences and best practices to contribute to the development of forward-looking outcomes on employment and labor reforms.
Key Entities Referenced
12th BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM): A high-level ministerial meeting hosted by India to advance cooperation on social protection, workforce inclusion, and digital infrastructure for worker welfare.
BRICS: An intergovernmental organization whose member states collaborate on shared labour market challenges and employment policies under India's 2026 chairship.
Mansukh Mandaviya: The Union Minister for Labour & Employment who chairs the 12th BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting.
BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG): A preparatory body that shares best practices and concludes discussions on draft declarations regarding labor market formalisation and skilling.
Hyderabad: The host city for the 12th LEMM and the Third BRICS Employment Working Group meeting in 2026.
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India to Host 12th Labour & Employment
Ministers Meeting in Hyderabad
BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers to Advance
Cooperation on Social Protection, Women’s inclusion in
workforce, Skills and Digital Public Infrastructure for Workers
Welfare
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India will host the 2026 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers' Meeting (LEMM) in Hyderabad on
15–16 July 2026. The meeting will bring together Ministers and senior officials from the BRICS member
States, marking one of the key ministerial engagements of India's BRICS chairship in 2026.
The meeting is being convened under India's BRICS Chairship theme: "Building for Resilience,
Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS)". Union Minister for Labour & Employment, Shri
Mansukh Mandaviya will chair the BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meeting.
The LEMM follows the Third BRICS Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting, held in Hyderabad
on 13–14 July 2026, where member countries shared best practices and national experiences across the
four priority areas.
Advancing social security and formalisation of labour markets
Enhancing women's participation and inclusion in the workforce
Cooperation on employability, skills mapping and development
Leveraging digital technologies for all workers, including gig and platform workers
Ministers will deliberate upon these four priority areas and share best practices and innovative approaches
drawn from their national experiences, ranging from social protection reforms and formalisation strategies
to skilling initiatives and inclusive models for platform-based work.
The Working Group also concluded discussions on a draft declaration, which will now be placed before
the Ministers for their consideration and adoption at the LEMM.
The meeting will offer a platform for sustained dialogue among BRICS Member States on shared labour
market and employment challenges in a fast-changing world of work. Discussions will centre on
strengthening cooperation in advancing social protection, workforce skilling, and labour market policy,
with the aim of promoting inclusive, resilient and sustainable growth across BRICS countries.
The deliberations are also intended to focus on practical, replicable policy tools and identify pathways
through which labour markets across BRICS countries can remain inclusive, adaptable and responsive to
changing economic and technological realities.The Hyderabad meeting is expected to strengthen cooperation among BRICS nations and contribute to
practical, forward-looking outcomes on labour, employment and worker welfare. Through continued
dialogue and knowledge-sharing, BRICS countries aim to advance policies that support decent work,
broaden social protection, foster skills development and prepare their workforces for the opportunities and
challenges of the future of work.
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