App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday December 23, 2020
The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...
Reuters | Saturday December 19, 2020
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
Apple Supplier Wistron's 'Labour Violations': 12-Hour Shifts, No Overtime
Reuters | Friday December 18, 2020
Karnataka labour department’s preliminary investigation into violence last weekend at a factory run by Apple supplier Wistron found several violations by the Taiwanese firm and its vendors, according to its report.
2020, A Year Of Reforms During The Unprecedented Coronavirus Crisis
Business | Written by Peter Noronha | Wednesday December 16, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.
Google Violated US Labour Laws in Clampdown on Worker Organising, Regulator Says
Reuters | Thursday December 3, 2020
The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint accusing Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning several workers who were then fired for protesting company policies and trying to organise a union.
Gujarat Government Relaxes Labour Laws To Attract Investment
Business | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 28, 2020
As per the new rules, entrepreneurs are not supposed to pay any "contract fee" if less than 50 contract labourers are employed
Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
Reuters | Tuesday November 10, 2020
Apple on Monday said that its Taiwanese supplier Pegatron will not receive any news business from the technology giant after it found that Pegatron violated Apple's supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts and overtime, and also take up work unrelated to their majors.
Agence France-Presse | Friday October 23, 2020
An appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber and Lyft to avoid having to continue treating drivers as independent contractors while battling the California labour law.
"They Kept Opening, Closing Files": PM's Swipe At Congress On Defence Projects
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 3, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Congress governments had compromised the countrys defence interests for a long time by -playing around with files- and delaying procurement of fighter jets, arms, ammunition, and strategic equipment.
Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Thursday October 1, 2020
The Supreme Court has quashed a notification, passed by the Gujarat government in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, which allowed all factories in the state to extend work shifts to up to 12 hours from the earlier eight hours and slashed overtime payment to half. The court further directed the state to pay overtime due to workers at the original...
Opposition Absent, 15 Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha In Two Days
India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 23, 2020
Fifteen bills made it past the Rajya Sabha over the last two days as the opposition boycotted the proceedings in both houses over the suspension of its eight members for Sunday's ruckus. Seven of the bills were passed on Tuesday, eight Wednesday. Three of the Bills passed were the hugely contentious labour laws that have been opposed by the most la...
3 Labour Code Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha Amid Opposition Boycott
India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Sukirti Dwivedi, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 23, 2020
Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...
Three Labour Law Codes Get Cabinet Approval, Will Go Before Parliament
India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 9, 2020
Three labour codes involving what the government called "important labour reforms" were approved by the Union cabinet at a meeting held last evening. The codes involve social security, occupational safety, health and working conditions and industrial relations, sources said. All three codes will be placed before parliament in the monsoon session t...
UN Praises Qatar For Enacting Key Reforms For Migrant Workers
World News | ANI | Monday August 31, 2020
The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs.
Working Hours Can Be Increased Only By Paying Overtime: Centre To Parliamentary Panel
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 21, 2020
Working hours cannot be increased beyond eight hours a day without paying for overtime as some states have tried to do by diluting the labour laws, top officials of the Centre indicated to a parliamentary panel on Monday.
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"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
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Government's Warning Ahead Of Trade Unions' 24-Hour Strike
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In Maruti Riot, Manager Killed, Factory Burnt, 31 Convicted
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App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday December 23, 2020
The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...
Reuters | Saturday December 19, 2020
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
Apple Supplier Wistron's 'Labour Violations': 12-Hour Shifts, No Overtime
Reuters | Friday December 18, 2020
Karnataka labour department’s preliminary investigation into violence last weekend at a factory run by Apple supplier Wistron found several violations by the Taiwanese firm and its vendors, according to its report.
2020, A Year Of Reforms During The Unprecedented Coronavirus Crisis
Business | Written by Peter Noronha | Wednesday December 16, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.
Google Violated US Labour Laws in Clampdown on Worker Organising, Regulator Says
Reuters | Thursday December 3, 2020
The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint accusing Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning several workers who were then fired for protesting company policies and trying to organise a union.
Gujarat Government Relaxes Labour Laws To Attract Investment
Business | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 28, 2020
As per the new rules, entrepreneurs are not supposed to pay any "contract fee" if less than 50 contract labourers are employed
Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
Reuters | Tuesday November 10, 2020
Apple on Monday said that its Taiwanese supplier Pegatron will not receive any news business from the technology giant after it found that Pegatron violated Apple's supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts and overtime, and also take up work unrelated to their majors.
Agence France-Presse | Friday October 23, 2020
An appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid by Uber and Lyft to avoid having to continue treating drivers as independent contractors while battling the California labour law.
"They Kept Opening, Closing Files": PM's Swipe At Congress On Defence Projects
India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 3, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Congress governments had compromised the countrys defence interests for a long time by -playing around with files- and delaying procurement of fighter jets, arms, ammunition, and strategic equipment.
Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Thursday October 1, 2020
The Supreme Court has quashed a notification, passed by the Gujarat government in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, which allowed all factories in the state to extend work shifts to up to 12 hours from the earlier eight hours and slashed overtime payment to half. The court further directed the state to pay overtime due to workers at the original...
Opposition Absent, 15 Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha In Two Days
India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 23, 2020
Fifteen bills made it past the Rajya Sabha over the last two days as the opposition boycotted the proceedings in both houses over the suspension of its eight members for Sunday's ruckus. Seven of the bills were passed on Tuesday, eight Wednesday. Three of the Bills passed were the hugely contentious labour laws that have been opposed by the most la...
3 Labour Code Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha Amid Opposition Boycott
India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Sukirti Dwivedi, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 23, 2020
Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...
Three Labour Law Codes Get Cabinet Approval, Will Go Before Parliament
India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday September 9, 2020
Three labour codes involving what the government called "important labour reforms" were approved by the Union cabinet at a meeting held last evening. The codes involve social security, occupational safety, health and working conditions and industrial relations, sources said. All three codes will be placed before parliament in the monsoon session t...
UN Praises Qatar For Enacting Key Reforms For Migrant Workers
World News | ANI | Monday August 31, 2020
The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs.
Working Hours Can Be Increased Only By Paying Overtime: Centre To Parliamentary Panel
India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 21, 2020
Working hours cannot be increased beyond eight hours a day without paying for overtime as some states have tried to do by diluting the labour laws, top officials of the Centre indicated to a parliamentary panel on Monday.
Shutdown Called By Trade Unions Impacts Businesses In Kerala, West Bengal
Nov 26, 2020
Opposition Absent, 15 Bills Passed In Rajya Sabha In Two Days
Sep 23, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Measures For Migrants, Street Vendors, Small Traders
May 14, 2020
"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
May 9, 2020
Labour Laws: Reform Or 'Slavery'?
May 8, 2020
Government's Warning Ahead Of Trade Unions' 24-Hour Strike
Jan 7, 2020
Tamil Nadu Techies Say They're Moving To Form India's First IT Union
May 18, 2017
In Maruti Riot, Manager Killed, Factory Burnt, 31 Convicted
Mar 10, 2017
Why Changes To The Child Labour Law Have Raised Red Flags
Mar 5, 2016
Keeping Kids as Domestic Help is Modern-Day Slavery: Kailash Satyarthi on NDTV's 'The Townhall'
Jun 12, 2015
The Big Challenges For Small Businesses
Jan 19, 2015
Clarity on Labour Laws, Taxes Needed for Investment: GTI Capital
Oct 9, 2014
Watch The NDTV Dialogues: Make In India - Liberalising Labour Laws
Sep 14, 2014
Debating Labour Law Reform
Aug 11, 2014
Labour Reforms Positive for Employees: Care Ratings
Jul 31, 2014
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