Employers need to file, pay fee for registrations, licences through Shram Suvidha PortalThe Ministry of Labour and Employment has begun the process for providing the facilities of registration and licensing mandatorily online o...
26 Sep, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
Labour Ministry's new rule to ensure employer hiring contract labour files unified annual returnIn case, if, an employer maintains registers or records or reports in electronic form, such registers or records or reports shall also be t...
14 Mar, 2017, 02.02 PM IST
In order to improve ease of doing business, Labour Ministry simplifies rules to maintain registersUnder the easier compliance regime new registers have only 144 data fields as against 933 data fields earlier.
23 Feb, 2017, 05.35 PM IST
Wait for legal status may get longer for contract workersThe development is likely to hit contract workers, who are often deprived of any social security benefits, besidesstaffing firms that are f...
17 Feb, 2017, 01.14 AM IST
Amend law to ensure equal wage, work hours for contract workerThe Committee recommend that the government should finalise all the deliberations relating to amendment of the Contract Labour (Regulation ...
09 Dec, 2016, 06.51 PM IST
Labour reform in the works to give legal backing to contract workersGovernment is considering a proposal to drop the word ‘abolition’ from the law, as it contradicts the regulation of the sector.
18 Jul, 2016, 06.29 AM IST
Coal India to introduce labour payment management system portalThe management system portal has been developed for monitoring compliance of labour payment and other benefits for contract workers.
03 May, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
Government announces labour law exemption for startups up to 3 yearsStart-ups have been exempted from nine labour laws for a period of 3 years to promote & incentivise the entrepreneurial ecosystem, Labour M...
09 Mar, 2016, 05.12 PM IST
Labour ministry to integrate 5 labour Acts with e-biz portalBandaru Dattatreya-led labour ministry will integrate the registration process under five labour acts with the e-biz portal so that various...
08 Mar, 2016, 07.09 PM IST
Contract workers: HC directs Govt to constitute a committeeContract workers of the Tamil Nadu Newsprint Ltd got a relief when the Court bench directed the government to constitute a special committe...
11 Jul, 2015, 02.44 PM IST
Government considering amendment to various labour laws including Child Labour ActGovt said it was actively considering amendments to various labour laws including Child Labour Act, Factories Act & Minimum Wages Act, said...
26 Nov, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
Government considering amendment of labour lawsIndustry representatives have been long demanding changes in labour laws which they have often termed archaic and a hindrance in raising.
16 Jul, 2014, 04.14 PM IST
National policy for domestic workers under consideration: GovernmentHe maintained that there is no provision for regularisation of the contract labour under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act...
09 Jul, 2014, 09.35 PM IST
No proposal to regularise contract workers: GovtDespite the demand from the trade unions, the government today said there is no proposal to regularise contract workers.
07 Aug, 2013, 10.08 PM IST
- Time for paradigm shift in approach & practice of contract labour: ISF
ISF said that professional firms ensure temporary employees are covered under minimum wages, paid their provident fund and insurance.
30 Jul, 2012, 10.36 PM IST
- Piecemeal reform will not do
Govt's plan to amend the Contract Labour Law is welcome. But a prerequisite is overhaul of other labour laws.
29 Sep, 2010, 05.50 AM IST
- 'Coalition politics slowing down agricultural reforms'
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday said compulsions of multi-party government were obstructing agricultural reforms like aboliti...
20 Sep, 2007, 01.40 PM IST