18 parties to explore united stir against farm, labour lawsOne of the suggestions was for non-NDA chief ministers to jointly take up ‘Centre’s violation of the federal structure’ by pushing through ...
23 Sep, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
Onus on states to push labour reformsWith the NDA in power in a number of big states, New Delhi believes it will be easier to drive legislative changes in labour laws at the st...
11 May, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
Budget 2017: Plan to simplify labour laws irks industryAccording to an expert, the budget announcement is only to soothe investors coming to India and any progress on labour reforms will be a to...
03 Feb, 2017, 11.16 AM IST
Government rethinks aggressive labour reforms pushThis comes after attempts to build consensus on big-ticket legislative changes in labour laws failed because of stiff opposition from trade...
18 May, 2016, 02.05 AM IST
Mandatory minimum wages proposal sent for law ministry opinionThe Labour Ministry had proposed to make fundamental changes on payment of minimum wages across the country and had said that it will be ma...
15 Sep, 2015, 09.06 PM IST
Trade unions to go on strike on September 2 against Centre's policyAlleging NDA government of having "anti-worker" policies, trade union across the spectrum have joined hands to go on a day-long strike on S...
12 Jul, 2015, 10.46 PM IST
Labour law amendments on agenda of Indian Labour ConferenceAs many as 11 trade unions, including BJP-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, will observe nationwide strike on September 2 against various iss...
10 Jul, 2015, 08.24 PM IST
Demand for removing wage cap for bonus likely on ILC agendaRemoval of wage ceiling for payment of bonus and exempting small and medium units from obtaining licence to operate are part of the agenda ...
08 Jul, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
AITUC All-India conference in Coimbatore in DecemberAbout 6,000 delegates, including some from abroad, were expected to participate in the four-day conference beginning on December 15.
08 Jul, 2015, 04.06 PM IST
NDA is pro-worker, but India needs labour reforms: Bandaru DattatreyaDattatreya said the labour reforms being proposed by the Centre are aimed at helping the workers and not diluting the protection for them.
27 Jun, 2015, 11.30 PM IST
Centre to bring four labour codes to protect workersLabour Ministry proposes to come out with codes in areas of wages, industrial relations and working conditions to strengthen safety and soc...
27 Jun, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
Ministers meet union leaders to pacify protest amid Modi government's first anniversary plansTrade unions are planning to launch a nationwide protest and even go on strike to protest against the NDA government’s recent moves to amen...
16 May, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
NDA set to pursue anti-people reforms more aggressively: CPI(M)CPI(M) today said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statements on reforms in various sectors, including land acquisition and labour laws.
06 Nov, 2014, 07.42 PM IST
Congress makes NDA Labour Law, sets conditions to back Factory BillCongress has decided to object to four key amendments in the labour laws introduced by govt this week, setting the stage for another confro...
09 Aug, 2014, 04.27 AM IST
To generate jobs, NDA must adopt Rajasthan labour law reform modelTwice in the space of a month Rajasthan has moved to reform its labour laws by offering companies more flexibility, reducing scope for bure...
04 Jul, 2014, 11.22 AM IST
Labour and employment minister Narendra Singh Tomar to meet trade unions todayMost of these legislative changes had been mooted by the UPA government, but weren’t taken to their logical conclusion.
24 Jun, 2014, 01.13 AM IST
- Labour policy reforms in cold storage
With the Left leaving a strong imprint on economic issues, liberalisation of the labour policy - expected to be 'soft launched' with the sp...
31 Aug, 2004, 07.58 AM IST