Scorch alert! States, UTs asked to protect workers from heat wavesThe labour ministry has advised states and UTs to protect labourers from heat waves by rescheduling work hours. CII and FICCI have also iss...
14 Apr, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
Infosys forecasts lowest revenue growth in six years; FirstCry's secondary share sale at $3 billionIndia’s second-largest software exporter, Infosys has forecast a revenue growth of 4-7%, its lowest guidance in over six years. This and mo...
14 Apr, 2023, 07.12 AM IST
Survey finds how gig jobs could turn into a trap for over half of workersAccording to a report by CIIE.CO, a startup platform built at IIM-Ahmedabad, more than 52 per cent of gig workers or contract employees are...
06 Sep, 2022, 07.31 PM IST
‘No one should have to do such risky manual labour.’ Anand Mahindra has a message for this wage worker’s employer …The clip shows a man covered in dirt piling up bricks on his head.
16 Aug, 2021, 02.42 PM IST
Plan to vaccinate unorganised workers in works"A focused nationwide programme for workers is being drawn up, and vaccination could start as early as next month across industrial cluster...
26 Jul, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
Trade unions protest against privatisation of PSUs, railwaysThe 10 central trade unions who had joined the nationwide protest on Fridya included the Congress-backed INTUC, Left’s CITU and AITUC and o...
03 Jul, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
A Quess fix to the labour crisisBusiness services firm Quess Corp is planning to use its technology platforms to link migrant workers with factories and organisations, ens...
03 Jun, 2020, 08.22 AM IST
Quess Corp to work with government to bring migrant workers back to industriesQuess is among India’s largest private sector employers with over 3.8 lakh people on its rolls, who are deployed across e-commerce, facilit...
02 Jun, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
Feed My City campaign helping people in need during coronavirusAfter the Centre announced the nationwide lockdown, millions in India, who depend on their daily income, were rendered jobless and with no ...
27 Apr, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
#50MealPackChallenge: Youth campaign delivers 5 lakh meals to needy during lockdownA youth-driven campaign, with the help of Delhi Police and a government PSU, has served five lakh meals in less than a week to the underpri...
03 Apr, 2020, 01.58 PM IST
NCR developers offer help to construction workersRealty developer DLF has decided to give salaries to all workers and daily-wagers working directly with DLF, or indirectly through its acti...
28 Mar, 2020, 08.48 PM IST
Better jail than rail: Fernandes' slogan that led to Asia's biggest railway strikeFernandes used this slogan during meetings to enthuse workers into participating in the strike.
29 Jan, 2019, 07.43 PM IST
'Swacch Bharat': Mandatory for govt officials to have toilets in their homes in ChhatisgarhAs these government employees live amid common people in villages, hence they can play an important role in effectively promoting use of to...
11 Jun, 2015, 01.21 PM IST
Industry begins process for providing labour reform inputs"...This is required to achieve the target to enhance the share of manufacturing in GDP to 25 per cent by 2025 against 16 per cent now."
20 Apr, 2013, 03.20 PM IST
- High Court says casual workers not entitled to 'Equal Pay for Equal Work'
The principle of 'equal pay for equal work' cannot be extended to the workers appointed on a casual basis, the Delhi High Court has held.
01 Aug, 2011, 05.09 AM IST
- Strikes spread in China: Brother works out new wage deal
Hitherto unknown on the flourishing Chinese industrial scene, labour strikes suddenly appear to be on the rise with 900 workers in Japan's ...
11 Jun, 2010, 02.26 PM IST
- Textile sector bleeds with 7 lakh job losses in 6 months
The numbers are shocking. Something that no sector has witnessed so far. There are reports of layoffs from all over Tamil Nadu which is fac...
08 Nov, 2008, 12.00 AM IST