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Nicole Daedone: Wellness Firm CEO Guilty Of Forcing Employees Into Sex Acts
Jurors sided with prosecutors who alleged that Daedone and Cherwitz manipulated vulnerable members and employees into unpaid labour and forced sexual acts under the guise of "healing" and "empowerment."
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"Act Of Barbarity": Indian Worker Left To Die After Farm Accident In Italy
An Indian farm labourer working in Italy died Wednesday after being left by the road following an accident that severed his arm, a minister said, condemning an "act of barbarity".
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Arunachal's Porters - Vital Links Between Polling Parties, Electors
The Auxiliary Labour Corps (ALCs), also known as porters, still act as vital links between election personnel and people in Arunachal Pradesh as they are tasked with carrying polling materials
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US Restaurant Ordered To Pay $140,000 Fine After Hiring Fake Priest To Extract Confessions Of Workers
The owner has now been asked to pay $140,000 (Rs 1.1 crore) back in wages and damages to employees in what is being regarded as "the most shameless act of corruption an employer has taken against its staff".
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Indian Man, 70, Convicted In US For Sexually Abusing Employee
A 70-year-old Indian national in the United States has been convicted for a slew of charges, including coercing one of his female workers to force labour and sexual acts, according to a statement issued by the justice department.
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Karnataka Boy Stripped, Told It Would Help Clear Father's Debt: Cops
A minor boy in Karnataka was stripped naked and filmed performing a ritual by labourers after he was convinced that the act would clear his father's debt, said police.
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Such Acts Can't Suppress Farmers' Voices: Rakesh Tikait On Ink Attack
The "black ink and the deadly attack" cannot suppress the voices of farmers and labourers, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said after ink was thrown on him in Bengaluru.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Quotes, Slogans, Posters To Share
World Day Against Child Labour: Today is a great opportunity to raise awareness in our neighbourhoods to stop child labour. The theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour is: "Act now: end child labour."
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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Theme And Significance Amid COVID-19
World Day Against Child Labour: "Act now: end child labour" is the theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour. Child labour is a fallout of many social and economic factors such as poverty, lack of decent work, migration and emergencies.
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Entire 8.5% PF Interest To Be Credited In One Go: Labour Minister To NDTV
The interest on provident fund will be paid in one go and not in two instalments, the government has said, citing good financial health of the massive fund body that acts as a security cushion for a majority of employees across the country.
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National Security Act Against 3 Arrested In Madhya Pradesh Liquor Deaths
Madhya Pradesh has invoked the stringent NSA (National Security Act) against three bootleggers arrested after the sale and consumption of illicit liquor killed 12 people - most of whom were beggars or poor labourers - in Ujjain district earlier this week
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RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It
The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.
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UP Sends Dead Bodies With Migrants In Open trucks, Jharkhand Furious
Visuals of injured migrant labourers travelling in an open truck with tarpaulin-wrapped dead bodies in Uttar Pradesh has infuriated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who called it an "inhumane" act that robbed both the living and the dead of dignity.
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Centre Proposing To Remove Interstate Migrant Workmen Act: Congress
The Narendra Modi government is proposing to do away with the Interstate Migrant Workmen Act, even though it is the Centre's responsibility to ensure workers' rights are taken care of under the legislation especially during the lockdown, the Congress said on Saturday.
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Centre Asks States To Enforce Tough Law Against Hoarding, Black Marketing With Jail Up To 7 Years
The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.
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Nicole Daedone: Wellness Firm CEO Guilty Of Forcing Employees Into Sex Acts
Jurors sided with prosecutors who alleged that Daedone and Cherwitz manipulated vulnerable members and employees into unpaid labour and forced sexual acts under the guise of "healing" and "empowerment."
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"Act Of Barbarity": Indian Worker Left To Die After Farm Accident In Italy
An Indian farm labourer working in Italy died Wednesday after being left by the road following an accident that severed his arm, a minister said, condemning an "act of barbarity".
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Arunachal's Porters - Vital Links Between Polling Parties, Electors
The Auxiliary Labour Corps (ALCs), also known as porters, still act as vital links between election personnel and people in Arunachal Pradesh as they are tasked with carrying polling materials
-
US Restaurant Ordered To Pay $140,000 Fine After Hiring Fake Priest To Extract Confessions Of Workers
The owner has now been asked to pay $140,000 (Rs 1.1 crore) back in wages and damages to employees in what is being regarded as "the most shameless act of corruption an employer has taken against its staff".
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Indian Man, 70, Convicted In US For Sexually Abusing Employee
A 70-year-old Indian national in the United States has been convicted for a slew of charges, including coercing one of his female workers to force labour and sexual acts, according to a statement issued by the justice department.
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Karnataka Boy Stripped, Told It Would Help Clear Father's Debt: Cops
A minor boy in Karnataka was stripped naked and filmed performing a ritual by labourers after he was convinced that the act would clear his father's debt, said police.
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Such Acts Can't Suppress Farmers' Voices: Rakesh Tikait On Ink Attack
The "black ink and the deadly attack" cannot suppress the voices of farmers and labourers, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait has said after ink was thrown on him in Bengaluru.
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World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Quotes, Slogans, Posters To Share
World Day Against Child Labour: Today is a great opportunity to raise awareness in our neighbourhoods to stop child labour. The theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour is: "Act now: end child labour."
-
World Day Against Child Labour 2021: Theme And Significance Amid COVID-19
World Day Against Child Labour: "Act now: end child labour" is the theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labour. Child labour is a fallout of many social and economic factors such as poverty, lack of decent work, migration and emergencies.
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Entire 8.5% PF Interest To Be Credited In One Go: Labour Minister To NDTV
The interest on provident fund will be paid in one go and not in two instalments, the government has said, citing good financial health of the massive fund body that acts as a security cushion for a majority of employees across the country.
-
National Security Act Against 3 Arrested In Madhya Pradesh Liquor Deaths
Madhya Pradesh has invoked the stringent NSA (National Security Act) against three bootleggers arrested after the sale and consumption of illicit liquor killed 12 people - most of whom were beggars or poor labourers - in Ujjain district earlier this week
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RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It
The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.
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UP Sends Dead Bodies With Migrants In Open trucks, Jharkhand Furious
Visuals of injured migrant labourers travelling in an open truck with tarpaulin-wrapped dead bodies in Uttar Pradesh has infuriated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who called it an "inhumane" act that robbed both the living and the dead of dignity.
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Centre Proposing To Remove Interstate Migrant Workmen Act: Congress
The Narendra Modi government is proposing to do away with the Interstate Migrant Workmen Act, even though it is the Centre's responsibility to ensure workers' rights are taken care of under the legislation especially during the lockdown, the Congress said on Saturday.
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Centre Asks States To Enforce Tough Law Against Hoarding, Black Marketing With Jail Up To 7 Years
The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.
