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Prior Notice Before Lockout Now A Must As Madhya Pradesh Tweaks Labour Laws
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has approved revised rules of the Labor Department, making it mandatory for industry management to issue a one-and-a-half-month notice before declaring a strike or initiating a lockout.
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Maharashtra To Establish Social Security Laws For 'Gig Workers'
Maharashtra Labour Minister Akash Fundkar said 'gig workers' or those who work for online 'platforms' or companies such as Zomato need social security, and the state government will come up with a law for them.
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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
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Apple, Foxconn Efforts Lead to Labour Reforms Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Production in India: Report
Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.
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Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
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...
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Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
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.
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Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
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...
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"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
Around 48 hours after the Uttar Pradesh government cleared an ordinance to exempt businesses in the state from a majority of labour laws prompting criticism from the opposition parties, a senior minister on Friday defended the move calling it "pro-worker".
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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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Prior Notice Before Lockout Now A Must As Madhya Pradesh Tweaks Labour Laws
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has approved revised rules of the Labor Department, making it mandatory for industry management to issue a one-and-a-half-month notice before declaring a strike or initiating a lockout.
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Maharashtra To Establish Social Security Laws For 'Gig Workers'
Maharashtra Labour Minister Akash Fundkar said 'gig workers' or those who work for online 'platforms' or companies such as Zomato need social security, and the state government will come up with a law for them.
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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
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Apple, Foxconn Efforts Lead to Labour Reforms Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Production in India: Report
Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.
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Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
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...
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Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
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.
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Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
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...
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"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
Around 48 hours after the Uttar Pradesh government cleared an ordinance to exempt businesses in the state from a majority of labour laws prompting criticism from the opposition parties, a senior minister on Friday defended the move calling it "pro-worker".
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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.
