Bharat Bandh in Karnataka on February 12: Schools, banks, government offices closed in the state?Karnataka Bandh February 12: Karnataka braces for disruptions today as trade unions observe a nationwide Bharat Bandh, demanding a rollback...
12 Feb, 2026, 11.10 AM IST
Labour laws: IT union urges Karnataka govt to withdraw self-certification sops to IT/ITeS firmsThe Karnataka IT Policy (2025-2030) was released on Tuesday by chief minister Siddaramaiah at the Bengaluru Tech Summit 2025. The Karnataka...
20 Nov, 2025, 09.35 PM IST
Employee fired over assault charge fights legal battle for 16 years, wins Rs 4 lakh compensation in Karnataka High CourtA terminated employee has won Rs 4 lakh in compensation after a 16-year legal fight. The Karnataka High Court ruled in his favor, stating t...
19 Oct, 2025, 11.00 AM IST
TCS job cuts: Karnataka union submits records of two cases, not mass layoffsKITU’s documents did not indicate any mass layoffs, senior labour department officials told ET. TCS general manager (HR) Boban Varghese Tho...
15 Oct, 2025, 10.57 PM IST
Techie shares what he learned from his first IT job: 'It broke me'A software professional's first IT job turned toxic. Harassment during training led to mental distress. The company then demanded a hefty s...
11 Oct, 2025, 05.17 PM IST
TCS layoffs protest: IT employees’ union claims 30,000 job cuts, plans global action; Company issues statementThe Union of IT & ITES Employees (UNITE) protested against TCS, alleging potential job cuts affecting 30,000 employees, a claim TCS denies,...
20 Aug, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
TCS layoffs: No employee has complained, IT firm tells Karnataka labour authorityRepresentatives of the TCS management met the unions and Karnataka’s labour department officials to deliberate on the notice from the labou...
06 Aug, 2025, 10.13 PM IST
EY worker's death spotlights India's unprotected white-collar labourFollowing the death of a young Ernst & Young executive attributed to overwork, Indian states Maharashtra and Karnataka are strengthening wo...
11 Dec, 2024, 01.58 PM IST
Karnataka plans to end labour exemption to tech firmsThe labour department has cited instances of arbitrary termination, ID blocking, mass retrenchment, layoffs and extended hours of work as w...
22 Dec, 2023, 08.23 AM IST
No one was fired, resignations were voluntary, Amazon tells labour ministryThe authorities had sought Amazon’s response after Pune-based employee union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) petiti...
25 Nov, 2022, 03.55 PM IST
Karnataka industries minister says Wistron and Toyota incidents will not affect state’s investment prospects“These incidents will not hurt future investments. In fact, the government-approved investments of Rs 22,419 crore on Monday for EV manufac...
23 Dec, 2020, 02.55 PM IST
Wistron riots: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa urged to fix flaws in labour rules“The labour department should play a very different role in dispute redressal. There should be a proper grievance redressal system to addre...
23 Dec, 2020, 12.39 PM IST
Karnataka government may make Apple party to inquiry into violence at WistronThe Karnataka government could make Apple a party to the inquiry into the violence at the Wistron factory that makes iPhones, people famili...
21 Dec, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Lack of migrant worker data hits relief movesKarnataka has fast tracked the process of providing shelter and food to migrant workers following a Supreme Court directive to the Centre t...
02 Apr, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Soon, state law on use of Kannada in signboardsThe Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) even warned of cancelling trade licences of establishments that failed to obey the instructio...
23 Aug, 2018, 06.03 PM IST
Building a future, brick by brick: Schooling for workers' kids to be builders' onusAuthorities have identified 1,992 dropouts in Bengaluru out of 52,662 in Karnataka this academic year, with child labour and migration said...
27 Sep, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
- MGNREGA luring away labour from farm fields: Study
Besides creating labour shortage in the agri sector, cost of farm production increased by up to 20% in Karnataka after the implementation o...
12 Feb, 2012, 07.21 PM IST