Government's three farm ordinances 'death knell' for agriculture, alleges CongressThe party asserted that it will oppose the ordinances both inside and outside Parliament and reach out to like-minded parties to put up a j...
12 Sep, 2020, 06.52 PM IST
Standing committee adopts Social Security Code, report to be presented on FridayLabour Minister Santosh Gangwar had moved the Code on Social Security, 2019 in the Lok Sabha during the winter session last December. It wa...
30 Jul, 2020, 08.39 AM IST
Gujarat and MP to exempt new businesses from provisions of two labour laws for 1,000 daysEmployers will get the flexibility to hire and fire workers and do away with paying bonus and wages at double the hourly rate for extra wor...
22 Jul, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
Haryana cabinet clears draft ordinance to reserve 75% private sector jobs for localsHowever, the employers will have the option to recruit local candidates from one district to only 10 per cent. Exemption clause shall also ...
06 Jul, 2020, 08.40 PM IST
Appreciate govt's stand against relaxing labour laws: Bhartiya Mazdoor SanghCiting the latest statement of labour minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on the suspension of labour laws by states like UP, MP and Gujarat, BM...
28 May, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh govt withdraws controversial order of 12-hour shifts for workers in industrial unitsAs part of its strategy to attract investments from China post Covid-19 disruptions, the UP government had, through an ordinance, sought to...
16 May, 2020, 12.54 PM IST
Karnataka to join new labour league, to amend labour laws to bail out industrial sectorChief minister BS Yediyurappa is expected to sign off on a set of amendments to a few labour laws and regulations in a day. They will later...
12 May, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh brings ordinance to suspend most labour laws for 3 yearsThe ordinance however will not apply to certain laws like the Bonded Labour Act, Building and other Construction Workers Act, Section 5 of ...
07 May, 2020, 11.26 PM IST
Ordinance to give states flexibility to raise work hours of employeesThe Centre will soon bring an ordinance to give state governments the flexibility to increase the work hours of employees across establishm...
14 Apr, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
Meghalaya adds more teeth to residents safety act, cabinet issues ordinanceThe Amended Meghalaya Residents Safety and Security Bill (MRRSA) 2019 is now approved by the Meghalaya state cabinet in the form of an ordi...
02 Nov, 2019, 11.58 AM IST
Labour Ministry seeks early passage of Amendment Bill to Wages ActNow the Government in a bid to bring transparency and also encourage digital transactions, would like to amend the Act. Cabinet has also ag...
02 Feb, 2017, 04.19 PM IST
CPI(M) asks Centre to review its 'anti-worker' policiesThe All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) claimed the September 2 strike was a 'timely action that exposed anti-worker and peasant 'character of the...
04 Sep, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
TMC, Left, Congress move motion against Land OrdinanceArch political rivals Trinamool Congress, Left Front and Congress today came together to move a motion in the West Bengal Assembly against ...
12 Jun, 2015, 09.05 PM IST
RSS-affiliate upset over Land Ordinance"The Manch has decided to hold a 'Swadeshi Jan Sansad' outside Parliament on May 5 on the issues of GM Food Crops, Land Acquisition Bill an...
06 Apr, 2015, 10.31 PM IST
Labour reforms are meant for welfare of common man: Bandaru Dattatreya"I would stand by our trade unions. You give us good suggestions. Whatever decisions we take, we will take tri- partite decisions," said Da...
25 Dec, 2014, 06.33 PM IST
- ESIC hospital facilities elude BPL families
The government’s much-hyped plan to extend health care facilities by Employees State Insurance Corporation hospitals to BPL families covere...
02 Jan, 2009, 03.31 AM IST
- Contract labour to get 25% more wages than regular staff
States have given the green signal to the Centre to go ahead and amend the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, such that ...
19 Sep, 2003, 04.48 AM IST