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Human Rights Body Seeks Centre's Response On EY Employee's Death
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed response from the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment over the death of a young chartered accountant in Pune.
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Centre Probes 26-Year-Old EY Employee's Death As Mother Blames 'Overwork'
Amid massive outrage over the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant with Ernst and Young India, allegedly due to work stress, the Union Labour Ministry has said it has taken up a complaint and will be investigating the circumstances that led to
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Human Rights Body Issues Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu Over Foxconn Row
The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to the Union Labour Ministry and the Tamil Nadu government over reports that a major manufacturer of electronic devices has allegedly "systematically excluded" married women from jobs.
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"2.11 Billion Person Days Work To Be Generated Under MGNREGA": Minister
The Union Government has approved labour budget to generate 2.11 billion person days of work under the MGNREGA across the country, Rural Development Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Finance, Defence, Railways Ministries Among Top 5 Litigants In Government: Law Minister
Union ministries of finance, railways, defence, labour and employment and home are the "top five litigants" amongst the government, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
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Centre To Give 3 Months' Pay To Social Security Scheme Members Sacked During Covid
The Ministry of Labour and Employment will provide three months salary to Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ECSI) members who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav informed today.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
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...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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States Ask For Trains As Migrant Movement Begins: 10 Points
A number of states are making preparations for sending and receiving migrant workers a day after the Union home ministry gave a clearance for the movement of stranded labourers, students and tourists. Rajasthan was the first off the block, ferrying out around 40,000 migrant workers by bus since morning. Many states, especially those from the south,...
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
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32 Indian Labourers, Allegedly Held Hostage In Riyadh, Return Home
Thirty-two labourers from Jharkhand who were allegedly forced to work for a company in Riyadh since 2016 and held hostage there, have returned home following the intervention of the External Affairs Ministry, the office of Union Minister Jayant Sinha said.
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Woman, Who Claims To Be PM Modi's Aunt, Gets Information Office's Help
The Chief Information Commissioner today issued show-cause notices to two officials of the Union Labour Ministry for not furnishing complete information to a 90-year old widow, claiming to be the "aunt" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had been running from pillar to post for renewal of rent for a government dispensary running on her premises.
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Human Rights Body Seeks Centre's Response On EY Employee's Death
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a detailed response from the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment over the death of a young chartered accountant in Pune.
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Centre Probes 26-Year-Old EY Employee's Death As Mother Blames 'Overwork'
Amid massive outrage over the death of a 26-year-old chartered accountant with Ernst and Young India, allegedly due to work stress, the Union Labour Ministry has said it has taken up a complaint and will be investigating the circumstances that led to
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Human Rights Body Issues Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu Over Foxconn Row
The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to the Union Labour Ministry and the Tamil Nadu government over reports that a major manufacturer of electronic devices has allegedly "systematically excluded" married women from jobs.
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"2.11 Billion Person Days Work To Be Generated Under MGNREGA": Minister
The Union Government has approved labour budget to generate 2.11 billion person days of work under the MGNREGA across the country, Rural Development Ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Finance, Defence, Railways Ministries Among Top 5 Litigants In Government: Law Minister
Union ministries of finance, railways, defence, labour and employment and home are the "top five litigants" amongst the government, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
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Centre To Give 3 Months' Pay To Social Security Scheme Members Sacked During Covid
The Ministry of Labour and Employment will provide three months salary to Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ECSI) members who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav informed today.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
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...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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States Ask For Trains As Migrant Movement Begins: 10 Points
A number of states are making preparations for sending and receiving migrant workers a day after the Union home ministry gave a clearance for the movement of stranded labourers, students and tourists. Rajasthan was the first off the block, ferrying out around 40,000 migrant workers by bus since morning. Many states, especially those from the south,...
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Stop Mass Exodus Of Migrant Labourers, States Told Amid Coronavirus Lockdown
The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus.
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32 Indian Labourers, Allegedly Held Hostage In Riyadh, Return Home
Thirty-two labourers from Jharkhand who were allegedly forced to work for a company in Riyadh since 2016 and held hostage there, have returned home following the intervention of the External Affairs Ministry, the office of Union Minister Jayant Sinha said.
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Woman, Who Claims To Be PM Modi's Aunt, Gets Information Office's Help
The Chief Information Commissioner today issued show-cause notices to two officials of the Union Labour Ministry for not furnishing complete information to a 90-year old widow, claiming to be the "aunt" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had been running from pillar to post for renewal of rent for a government dispensary running on her premises.
