Asked to work beyond office hours? Know your rights under new Labour CodeIndian employees are often verbally instructed to work beyond mandated hours, a practice normalized but not legal. While the new Labour Cod...
25 Apr, 2026, 07.00 AM IST
Life on Rs 11,000 a month in Noida: How workers survive on minimal salaries amid rising LPG prices and high rentIn Noida’s industrial belt, thousands of factory workers are struggling to survive on monthly wages of around Rs 11,000–Rs 14,000, pushing ...
19 Apr, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
Noida workers' unrest: Action against 203 contractors labour law violationsNoida authorities are taking strong action against contractors. Licenses of 203 contractors are being cancelled. Firms are being blackliste...
17 Apr, 2026, 09.20 PM IST
Six yrs later, migrant workers still trapped in a cycle of exploitationMigrant workers are again facing hardship. Protests erupt over low wages and poor conditions. Government policies lag behind rising costs. ...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.41 AM IST
Noida protests: UP govt approves revised minimum wages across categoriesFollowing violent Noida protests by factory workers demanding a wage hike, the Uttar Pradesh government approved a minimum wage increase fo...
15 Apr, 2026, 01.22 PM IST
University workers protest in Greater Noida; situation calm amid heightened vigil after earlier unrestWorkers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida protested for salary increases and more overtime pay. Police reported the situation remai...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
'Same company, 35% higher salaries': The Gurgaon connection behind Noida factory workers’ protestsNoida's factory workers erupted in violent protests, demanding higher minimum wages after learning of significant pay hikes in Gurgaon. Thi...
14 Apr, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
Akhilesh blames BJP policies for Noida violence over wage protest; Cong seeks solution over repressionFactory workers in Noida staged violent protests demanding a salary hike. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress chief Ajay Rai ...
13 Apr, 2026, 03.02 PM IST
Protest in Noida today: 'Call on these numbers', Noida DM's video goes viral after workers' protests turned violentNoida protest news: After the protest in Noida over the weekend turned violent, DM Medha Roopam put out a video message on X where she assu...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Noida Protest Traffic Latest Update: Workers block key routes, check affected roads, diversions, alternate waysNoida Protest Traffic Update: Thousands of workers in Noida and Greater Noida protested, leading to traffic chaos, after a woman was injure...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.11 PM IST
Maharashtra government’s working hours hike in factories and shops sparks trade union protestsTrade unions in the state are preparing for a joint protest against the state cabinet's decision to extend working hours in factories and s...
05 Sep, 2025, 11.39 AM IST
Karnataka labour department says workers' rights violated at Wistron factoryThe team of labour officials that inspected the factory and interacted with the management, manpower supply agencies and employees, has rev...
16 Dec, 2020, 03.42 PM IST
Covid-led economic slowdown no ground to deny proper wages to workers: SCThe top court noted that the statutory rights of workers should not have been done away by the Gujarat government, as the pandemic is not a...
01 Oct, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Karnataka allows factories to extend working hoursThe govt, however, has laid certain conditions, under which, no adult worker shall be allowed or required to work in a factory for more tha...
23 May, 2020, 12.02 AM IST
Lok Sabha approves labour law to increase factory overtimeThe Opposition alleged the proposed amendments were pro-corporate and would not benefit the worker and walked out of the House before the b...
11 Aug, 2016, 06.03 AM IST
Maharashtra amends its Factories Act to let women work in night shiftsDevendra Fadnavis said that even Bombay High Court had earlier said the decision to bar women from doing night shifts was unconstitutional.
21 May, 2015, 11.49 AM IST
- Marks & Spencer won't source from Gurgaon
After a British weekly's revelation that a Gurgaon-based factory used by British retail major Marks & Spencer was abusing its workers, the ...
06 Sep, 2010, 03.09 AM IST