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Temporary employees can get pension even without formal regularisation if eligible, rules the Supreme CourtIn a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has declared that temporary-status employees, even without formal regularization, are entitled t...- ‘Poverty does not ask a child’s age’: Woman’s simple conversation with a young boy offers a powerful lesson on struggle, strength and family responsibilityA young boy, around 12 or 13, was found working at a puncture repair shop during his summer vacation. He explained that his father is ill, ...
- Even casual employee can claim pension: SC says pension is a right, not favourThe Supreme Court ruled that government employees cannot be denied pension for decades of service due to a lack of formal regularization. I...
- ‘Rs 5,000 mein yaha ghar kaise lu, sir?’: Harvard-graduate Indian investor shares story of Mumbai security guard who cannot rent a house and sleeps in guard roomsHarvard-graduate Indian investor, Vineeth K shared a heartbreaking story about a Mumbai security guard surviving on just Rs 5,000 a month a...
- Heatwave alert: Centre issues advisory, work hours may shiftIndia's Union labour and health ministries have issued urgent heat-wave advisories. States and union territories must ensure adequate rest ...
- Post Office employees get bonus ahead of Diwali: Know who will be eligible to get 60 days of emoluments for FY 2024–25Post Office employees will receive a 60-day Productivity Linked Bonus for the accounting year 2024-25, announced by the Department of Posts...
- Big growth, bigger gaps: India's uneven pay storyDespite India's rising GDP per capita between 2017 and 2024, income inequality in the labor market persists. While median incomes increased...
- Ex-gratia to BRO's casual paid labourers: Rajnath Singh approves waiver of 179-day provisionDefence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a waiver for Border Road Organisation's (BRO) casual-paid labourers (CPLs), allowing compensation w...
- Casual labourers in BRO projects to be covered under term insurance"Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to launch a group (term) insurance scheme for Casual Paid Labourers (CPLs) engaged ...
- Death of labourers at BRO project sites: Govt to bear expenses for transportation of mortal remainsThe Defence Ministry in a statement earlier in the day said Singh has approved the extension of facility of preservation and transportation...
- Jharkhand accuses BRO of flouting norms for hiring migrant workers from stateIn a strongly-worded letter sent to BRO chief on July 16, the government has sought details of the workforce hired from the state, their mo...
- Economic Survey calls for a bunch of incentives for female workersFurther, the Survey has recognised the emerging potential of gig workers in India and said the labour reforms have brought in the labour la...
- Delhi HC asks Centre, AAP govt to treat as representation PIL for paid menstrual leaveA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the central and Delhi governments to take a decision on the representati...
- Central govt employees not covered under PLB scheme to get upto Rs 7,000 as monthly ad-hoc bonusThe grant of non productivity-linked bonus (non-PLB) or ad-hoc will be applicable only to those employees who were in service on March 30, ...
- India needs strong wage policies to promote inclusive growth: International Labour OrganisationOnly a limited number of regular/salaried workers, mostly in the urban areas, and the highly-skilled professionals earned higher average wa...
- Stop recruitment of daily wagers or face action: Government to departmentsThe move comes after it was observed that in spite of strict guidelines, various ministries continued to engage casual workers for work.
- Government proposes major overhaul of labour lawsThe govt proposes to loosen strict hire-and-fire rules, make it tougher for workers to form unions as well as raise the severance package b...
- EPFO asks its field offices to ensure compliance by BSNLAs per a report submitted by the BSNL, as many as 3,469 casual labourers (including those having temporary status) were working in the comp...
- Rise in contract labour causing unrest: CentreThe central govt has identified corporate India's increasing reliance on casual & contract labour to get routine operational jobs done at c...
- Workers can't be exploited under the garb of globalisation: SC"This court cannot countenance such practices any more. Globalisation in the name of growth cannot be at the human cost of exploitation of ...
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