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- Even casual employee can claim pension: SC says pension is a right, not favour
- ‘Rs 5,000 mein yaha ghar kaise lu, sir?’: Harvard-graduate Indian investor shares story of Mumbai security guard who cannot rent a house and sleeps in guard roomsHarvard-graduate Indian investor, Vineeth K shared a heartbreaking story about a Mumbai security guard surviving on just Rs 5,000 a month a...20 May, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
- Heatwave alert: Centre issues advisory, work hours may shiftIndia's Union labour and health ministries have issued urgent heat-wave advisories. States and union territories must ensure adequate rest ...28 Apr, 2026, 06.12 AM IST
- Post Office employees get bonus ahead of Diwali: Know who will be eligible to get 60 days of emoluments for FY 2024–25Post Office employees will receive a 60-day Productivity Linked Bonus for the accounting year 2024-25, announced by the Department of Posts...17 Oct, 2025, 05.18 PM IST
- Big growth, bigger gaps: India's uneven pay storyDespite India's rising GDP per capita between 2017 and 2024, income inequality in the labor market persists. While median incomes increased...27 Apr, 2025, 11.42 PM IST
- Ex-gratia to BRO's casual paid labourers: Rajnath Singh approves waiver of 179-day provisionDefence Minister Rajnath Singh approved a waiver for Border Road Organisation's (BRO) casual-paid labourers (CPLs), allowing compensation w...07 Feb, 2024, 06.27 PM IST
- Casual labourers in BRO projects to be covered under term insurance"Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to launch a group (term) insurance scheme for Casual Paid Labourers (CPLs) engaged ...13 Jan, 2024, 12.27 PM IST
- Death of labourers at BRO project sites: Govt to bear expenses for transportation of mortal remainsThe Defence Ministry in a statement earlier in the day said Singh has approved the extension of facility of preservation and transportation...24 Sep, 2023, 02.20 PM IST
- Jharkhand accuses BRO of flouting norms for hiring migrant workers from stateIn a strongly-worded letter sent to BRO chief on July 16, the government has sought details of the workforce hired from the state, their mo...18 Jul, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
- Economic Survey calls for a bunch of incentives for female workersFurther, the Survey has recognised the emerging potential of gig workers in India and said the labour reforms have brought in the labour la...29 Jan, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
- Delhi HC asks Centre, AAP govt to treat as representation PIL for paid menstrual leaveA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the central and Delhi governments to take a decision on the representati...23 Nov, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
- Central govt employees not covered under PLB scheme to get upto Rs 7,000 as monthly ad-hoc bonusThe grant of non productivity-linked bonus (non-PLB) or ad-hoc will be applicable only to those employees who were in service on March 30, ...21 Oct, 2020, 10.45 PM IST
- India needs strong wage policies to promote inclusive growth: International Labour OrganisationOnly a limited number of regular/salaried workers, mostly in the urban areas, and the highly-skilled professionals earned higher average wa...20 Aug, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
- Stop recruitment of daily wagers or face action: Government to departmentsThe move comes after it was observed that in spite of strict guidelines, various ministries continued to engage casual workers for work.14 Jun, 2016, 06.43 PM IST
- Government proposes major overhaul of labour lawsThe govt proposes to loosen strict hire-and-fire rules, make it tougher for workers to form unions as well as raise the severance package b...25 Jun, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
- EPFO asks its field offices to ensure compliance by BSNLAs per a report submitted by the BSNL, as many as 3,469 casual labourers (including those having temporary status) were working in the comp...22 Apr, 2015, 11.04 PM IST
- Rise in contract labour causing unrest: CentreThe central govt has identified corporate India's increasing reliance on casual & contract labour to get routine operational jobs done at c...26 Jul, 2012, 12.57 AM IST
- Workers can't be exploited under the garb of globalisation: SC"This court cannot countenance such practices any more. Globalisation in the name of growth cannot be at the human cost of exploitation of ...02 Sep, 2011, 09.27 PM IST
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