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New Labour Codes boost worker benefits, give gig workers legal recognition
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's new Labour Codes, aimed at replacing 29 existing labour laws, are expected to significantly improve worker welfare while extending formal protections to gig and platform workers for the first time. The four Codes introduce uniform wage rules, stronger safety standards and simplifi
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"Strong foundation for universal social security, minimum wages": PM Modi
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 are set to be implemented from today.
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Delhi MCD passes proposal to regularise daily-wage sanitation workers appo
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The Mayor of Delhi, Sardar Raja Iqbal Singh, announced on Thursday that several significant decisions were taken in the general body meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in the interest of the city's residents, according to a release.
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UP govt issues order on night shift rules for women; ensures double pay an
Updated : 4 months ago IST
In a landmark move aimed at boosting women's participation in the workforce, the Yogi Adityanath government has issued a new order allowing women in Uttar Pradesh to work night shifts between 7 pm and 6 am, provided they give their consent.
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"New data shows decline in campus placements": Jairam Ramesh slams Modi go
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the Modi government for allegedly "hiding" the data from the IITs showing a "significant decline" in the percentage of students getting placements and the average salary package drawn by final-year B Tech students through campus placements.
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Rural consumption outshines urban demand as income growth, credit expansio
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Rural India continues to lead the country's consumption recovery, outpacing urban demand despite income tax cuts and GST 2.0 reforms aimed at stimulating city-based spending, according to Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (MOFSL) in its latest ECOSCOPE report titled "Rural Rules, Urban F
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Himachal Pradesh govt announces major gift for Class IV employees
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Under the new provision, Class-IV employees who were regularised after May 15, 2003, will now be granted one year of regular service benefit for every five years of daily wage service for the purpose of pension calculation.
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Shram Shakti Niti draft, taking Manusmriti's inspiration, an insult to Con
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Labour policy draft says that it takes inspiration 'ancient texts' like Manusmriti. On 26 November 1949, when the Constitution was adopted in Constituent assembly, then RSS had heavily attacked it, and Ambedkar, saying that the Constitution is not of India because it does not take inspir
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"Lot of immigrant undercutting wages of American workers," US VP JD Vance
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking at the Turning Point USA Event in Mississippi on Wednesday, Vance said the administration's push for H-1B reform was aimed at ensuring fairness for US workers and restoring the visa's original purpose--to retain top global talent, not replace domestic labour with cheaper alternat
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JKPDP President Mehbooba Mufti calls for regularisation of wage workers in
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Mufti highlighted the challenges faced by nearly one lakh daily wage workers in Jammu and Kashmir, many of whom belong to the most marginalised sections of society. She called upon all Members of the Legislative Assembly, along with the ruling party, to come together and a
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UP: Labourer beaten to death over family dispute in Amethi
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Gyanendra Kumar Singh, the incident took place on October 23 at midnight when the victim, identified as Nirmal Kashyap, was attacked and severely beaten.
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"H1B system spammed with fraud": White House to contest all lawsuits chall
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday (local time) claimed that the H-1B system has been exploited, driving down American wages. She asserted that the policy aims to prioritise American workers and curb fraud in the H-1B system.
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