The district arm for minimum wage complaints, e-Shram registration, BOCW welfare cards, and factory inspections.
11% of jobs in Yanam are formal, better than the typical district. 0% of non-regular workers have any social security cover, close to the typical district. Regular wage workers earn ₹760.4, close to the typical district. The District Labour Office is charged with pushing formalisation and protection further into this workforce.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 19% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 34% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Yanam, which ranks 2 of 27 in Puducherry for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on self-employed workers at 44.8%. On workers in agriculture at 44.4%, it sits close to the national mark.