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Minimum Wage, Health Checkup, WFH And More: 12 Changes In Labour Rules Every Employee Must Know
New labour codes: If you're employed fulltime, on contract, parttime or even working via digital platforms, these changes could impact your earnings, job terms, benefits and rights.
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No Employment Without Agreement: Karnataka's Draft Domestic Workers' Bill
The Karnataka Domestic Workers (Social Security and Welfare) draft bill prepared by the state Labour Department prohibits employment of domestic workers without agreement and mandates paying minimum wages to them.
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Minimum Wage For Domestic Workers? Karnataka Plans 5% Welfare Cess
It was only recently that the Karnataka Labour department brought in a bill to provide social security to gig workers in Karnataka, close on the heels of that, now a bill for social security of domestic workers in its planning stages.
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Minimum Wages Hiked In Delhi: All About Revised Wage Rates
The BJP government in Delhi has hiked the wages of skilled and unskilled workers hired by it, a move aimed at providing relief amid inflation, officials said on Tuesday.
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Spain Court Orders Man To Pay Ex-Wife This Much For 25 Years of Housework
A Spanish court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife 200,000 euros for 25 years of unpaid domestic labour, based on the minimum wage throughout their marriage, court documents showed Tuesday.
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Amazon Labour Union Vote Gets Underway in New York
Under hazy skies and in the calm of morning, workers waited patiently in line outside the JFK8 warehouse for a say on whether to establish Amazon's first US labour union.
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Kerala Labourer's Daughter Makes It To Top Delhi College. How You Can Help
The daughter of a woman working under the minimum wage guarantee scheme MNREGA in Kerala has secured a seat in Delhi's premium institute Lady Shri Ram College.
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Expert Panel On Wages To Submit Report "As Early As Possible": Ministry
Amid reports that the constitution of an expert group to provide recommendations on fixation to the government is a ploy to delay the exercise, the centre has clarified that the group will submit its recommendations "as early as possible".
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Amid COVID-19 Effects, Executive Orders To Fast-Track Labour Codes
The coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has pushed the government to take the ordinance route to formulate three of the four labour codes it is planning. The codes have already been introduced in parliament. One of them - the code on wages, which clubs together the laws relating to minimum wages, bonus, equal remuneration and a few others - has...
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Violence In Bengal, Protesters Detained In Chennai Amid Bharat Bandh Call
Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...
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Government's Warning Ahead Of Trade Unions' 24-Hour Strike: 10 Points
The government has warned central trade unions of "consequences" if they go on a proposed 24-hour nationwide strike starting 6 am Wednesday. Around 25 crore workers are expected to participate in the strike which has been called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) to protest the "anti-labour policies" of the BJP government and press for dem...
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Demanding Loan Waiver And Minimum Wage, Farmers March In Delhi
Thousands of farmers and workers affiliated to Left-wing outfits took out a protest march in the national capital Wednesday, demanding implementation of remunerative prices for farm produce, loan waiver, labour laws and a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 a month.
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Delhi Government To Challenge Minimum Wage Verdict In Supreme Court
The AAP government will challenge the Delhi High Court verdict that quashed its notification on revision of minimum wages for workers, Labour minister Gopal Rai said today.
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In A First, Qatar Sets $200 Minimum Wage Ahead Of 2022 FIFA World Cup
Qatar has set a temporary minimum wage for migrant workers worth around $200 a month, its labour minister said Thursday, a benchmark reform following widespread criticism of Doha's preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
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Qatar 'To Introduce' Minimum Wage For Workers
World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers, official state media said Wednesday.
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Minimum Wage, Health Checkup, WFH And More: 12 Changes In Labour Rules Every Employee Must Know
New labour codes: If you're employed fulltime, on contract, parttime or even working via digital platforms, these changes could impact your earnings, job terms, benefits and rights.
-
No Employment Without Agreement: Karnataka's Draft Domestic Workers' Bill
The Karnataka Domestic Workers (Social Security and Welfare) draft bill prepared by the state Labour Department prohibits employment of domestic workers without agreement and mandates paying minimum wages to them.
-
Minimum Wage For Domestic Workers? Karnataka Plans 5% Welfare Cess
It was only recently that the Karnataka Labour department brought in a bill to provide social security to gig workers in Karnataka, close on the heels of that, now a bill for social security of domestic workers in its planning stages.
-
Minimum Wages Hiked In Delhi: All About Revised Wage Rates
The BJP government in Delhi has hiked the wages of skilled and unskilled workers hired by it, a move aimed at providing relief amid inflation, officials said on Tuesday.
-
Spain Court Orders Man To Pay Ex-Wife This Much For 25 Years of Housework
A Spanish court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife 200,000 euros for 25 years of unpaid domestic labour, based on the minimum wage throughout their marriage, court documents showed Tuesday.
-
Amazon Labour Union Vote Gets Underway in New York
Under hazy skies and in the calm of morning, workers waited patiently in line outside the JFK8 warehouse for a say on whether to establish Amazon's first US labour union.
-
Kerala Labourer's Daughter Makes It To Top Delhi College. How You Can Help
The daughter of a woman working under the minimum wage guarantee scheme MNREGA in Kerala has secured a seat in Delhi's premium institute Lady Shri Ram College.
-
Expert Panel On Wages To Submit Report "As Early As Possible": Ministry
Amid reports that the constitution of an expert group to provide recommendations on fixation to the government is a ploy to delay the exercise, the centre has clarified that the group will submit its recommendations "as early as possible".
-
Amid COVID-19 Effects, Executive Orders To Fast-Track Labour Codes
The coronavirus and the subsequent lockdown has pushed the government to take the ordinance route to formulate three of the four labour codes it is planning. The codes have already been introduced in parliament. One of them - the code on wages, which clubs together the laws relating to minimum wages, bonus, equal remuneration and a few others - has...
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Violence In Bengal, Protesters Detained In Chennai Amid Bharat Bandh Call
Rail and road traffic was hit in several states including Bengal, Odisha and Tamil Nadu as a 24-hour nationwide strike by ten trade unions against the central government began this morning. Violence broke out in Bengal as a police vehicle was targeted in Jadavpur and CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty was detained. A scuffle was reported between the workers...
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Government's Warning Ahead Of Trade Unions' 24-Hour Strike: 10 Points
The government has warned central trade unions of "consequences" if they go on a proposed 24-hour nationwide strike starting 6 am Wednesday. Around 25 crore workers are expected to participate in the strike which has been called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) to protest the "anti-labour policies" of the BJP government and press for dem...
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Demanding Loan Waiver And Minimum Wage, Farmers March In Delhi
Thousands of farmers and workers affiliated to Left-wing outfits took out a protest march in the national capital Wednesday, demanding implementation of remunerative prices for farm produce, loan waiver, labour laws and a minimum wage of Rs 18,000 a month.
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Delhi Government To Challenge Minimum Wage Verdict In Supreme Court
The AAP government will challenge the Delhi High Court verdict that quashed its notification on revision of minimum wages for workers, Labour minister Gopal Rai said today.
-
In A First, Qatar Sets $200 Minimum Wage Ahead Of 2022 FIFA World Cup
Qatar has set a temporary minimum wage for migrant workers worth around $200 a month, its labour minister said Thursday, a benchmark reform following widespread criticism of Doha's preparations for the 2022 World Cup.
-
Qatar 'To Introduce' Minimum Wage For Workers
World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under global scrutiny over its alleged ill-treatment of migrant labourers, is to introduce a minimum wage for workers, official state media said Wednesday.
