Good News! Employees’ take home salary won’t reduce this year, here’s why
This delay in the implementation will eventually be a boon for Indian corporates that were worried about the complex changes required in order to comply with the new codes. The delay means the corporates will have more time to realign employee salary structures as mandated under new rules.
May 11, 2021, 18:32 PM IST
New protests as France set to enshrine labour reforms
More rallies are expected Saturday, staged by hard-left political party France Unbowed, which will provide another measure of the resistance to 39-year-old Macron`s pro-business agenda.
Sep 21, 2017, 18:14 PM IST
E-retail, allied sectors to create 1.45 million jobs in India by 2021: Report
India's e-retail and allied sectors including logistics, warehousing and IT/ITeS are expected to create about 1.45 million direct jobs by 2021, a joint report by Snapdeal and KPMG said today.
Dec 06, 2016, 17:04 PM IST
Land, labour reforms key for manufacturing boost: Pawan Munjal
Confident that the next 25 years will belong to India, Hero MotoCorp Chairman Pawan Munjal Thursday said land and labour reforms are "very important" to boost the country's manufacturing sector.
Oct 06, 2016, 17:33 PM IST
Nationwide trade union strike disrupts transport, banking ops; Kerala most hit
Public transport services were disrupted and banking and insurance operations deranged as more than a million employees across the country struck work against "anti-labour" policies, bringing life to a standstill in parts of some states like Kerala.
Sep 02, 2016, 21:30 PM IST
Bharat Bandh: Trade unions strike to cost up to Rs 18,000 crore to economy
The all-India strike by central trade unions affecting trade, transport, key manufacturing facilities and banking services may cause an estimated loss of Rs 16,000-18,000 crore to the country's economy, an industry body said Friday.
Sep 02, 2016, 18:24 PM IST
Bharat Bandh: Strike by trade unions evokes mixed response; banking, transport and coal mining most hit
Normal life in various parts of the country was partly affected on Friday by the one-day nationwide strike by trade unions with banking, transport and coal mining being among the most impacted, while hundreds of workers were detained in Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Sep 02, 2016, 15:18 PM IST
Bharat Bandh: Strike by 10 trade unions to hit essential services today
Trade union leaders claimed that the strike would be even bigger than the one last year on September 2 and expected the number of striking workers to swell to as much as 18 crore.
Sep 01, 2016, 20:31 PM IST
Bharat Bandh on Sept 2: Strike by 10 trade unions to hit banking, transport, telecom
Essential services such as banking, public transport and telecom may be hit Friday as 10 central trade unions (CTUs) will go on one-day nationwide strike against government's "indifference" towards their demands and effecting "anti-worker" changes in labour laws.
Sep 01, 2016, 17:19 PM IST
Sept 2 nationwide strike to be bigger than last year's: Unions
As many as 10 central trade unions will go ahead with the general strike on Friday saying the government gave no heed to their 12-point charter of demands and is continuing with unilateral labour reforms.
Aug 31, 2016, 20:00 PM IST
Minimum wage hike for unskilled labourers 'historic': FM Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the "historic hike" in minimum wages to Rs 350/day is a step forward in transforming India and labour reforms.
Aug 31, 2016, 16:55 PM IST
Labour reforms not essential for industrial growth: FM Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has told Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh that labour reforms are "not essential" for industrial growth and changes in these laws would be made only after taking unions on board, the RSS affiliated body said Thursday.
May 26, 2016, 20:53 PM IST
Central trade unions to give strike call for Sept 2
Central trade unions will Tuesday announce one-day nationwide strike on September 2 to protest against government's unilateral labour reforms and "anti-workers" policies.
Mar 29, 2016, 21:33 PM IST
France braces for day of protest as labour reform anger grows
France faced a wave of protests Wednesday against deeply unpopular labour reforms that have divided an already-fractured Socialist government and raised hackles in a country accustomed to iron-clad job security.
Mar 09, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
'Mission' Budget Session: PM Narendra Modi calls meet with Opposition leaders
The meeting comes amid raging issues like JNU row, President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh and Pathankot terror attack.
Feb 16, 2016, 05:52 AM IST
President assent to Gujarat labour law with contentious provisions
Gujarat's labour reforms bill has received President Pranab Mukherjee's assent with some controversial provisions like settling disputes between workers and management through a 'compromise' formula with payment of 'penalty' to the government among the new measures.
Dec 02, 2015, 20:38 PM IST
Qatar shamed by inaction on labour reform: Amnesty
Qatar has done "almost nothing" to end labour abuse in the five years since being awarded football`s 2022 World Cup despite huge global pressure to reform, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
Dec 01, 2015, 22:42 PM IST
UAE adopts reforms to curb abuse of foreign workers
The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday announced labour reforms to be enforced from January 1 aimed at curbing abuse and protecting the rights of millions of foreign workers.
Sep 29, 2015, 19:59 PM IST
Wait continues for 'acchhe din' in job market
The employment scenario is likely to see an upward swing in the coming quarters, driven by rising demand in the domestic market.
May 24, 2015, 13:30 PM IST
Labour Ministry to push reforms in Monsoon session
The government's key labour reforms bills on industrial relations, wages code, small factories and EPF are likely to be introduced in the next monsoon session of Parliament, sources said.
May 10, 2015, 11:28 AM IST
