GCCs should actively participate in the ELI scheme: Labour secretary Vandana GurnaniSpeaking at the GCC Business Summit, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday, Gurnani said there are very substan...
14 Jul, 2025, 08.21 PM IST
Boss asks for live location during vacation, employee calls out Orwellian rule. Netizens stand in solidarityA Malaysian woman has sparked outrage online after revealing that her boss demanded she share her live location while on approved holiday l...
22 Jun, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
Palm oil slides on profit-taking, still set for 3.6% weekly risePalm oil climbed to its highest since April 20 in the previous session, and was set for its second week of gains.
22 May, 2020, 09.12 AM IST
ASEAN Economic Community: Asian leaders launch European Union-style regional economic blocThe AEC envisages a single market with a free flow of goods, capital and skilled labour across borders in the highly competitive economic r...
22 Nov, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
Complaints by Indian workers working in Gulf on the rise: government13,610 grievances have been registered till date this year as against 12,720 recorded last year with the maximum of 2991 coming from Qatar ...
27 Nov, 2014, 07.16 PM IST
India warns Malaysian employers not to ill-treat IndiansFollowing complaints of ill-treatment of Indian workers, the Indian Mission asked employers to cooperate in ensuring the safety, security a...
24 Oct, 2014, 07.43 PM IST
India ranks poorly in labour-employer relation: Morgan StanleyIndia ranks poorly in employee- employer relations standing at 61st position, which is far behind countries like Mexico, Thailand and the P...
18 Aug, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley needs to end ‘tax terrorism’: Meghnad Desai"Budget will have to be very tough, because the real deficit numbers for fiscal 2015 are not even going to be 4.7%, but it is going to be m...
07 Jul, 2014, 11.02 PM IST
Which labour reforms will make a difference?With almost one million entrants to the workforce every year, India needs huge job creation. Not any jobs, but those that will take India's...
04 Jul, 2014, 11.46 AM IST
India second-least preferred place to set up data centre: StudyIndia is the second-least preferred destination for setting up of data centres by global companies, according to a study conducted by Cushm...
07 Aug, 2012, 07.58 PM IST
- Malaysia to launch amnesty programme for illegal immigrants
Malaysia, which has nearly 2 million illegal foreign workers, including Indians, will soon launch a large-scale legalisation and amnesty pr...
06 Jun, 2011, 03.18 PM IST
- India takes steps to safeguard expats' interest
Government signed a string of labour and social security agreements with other nations to safeguard the interests of expatriates who remitt...
27 Dec, 2008, 10.43 AM IST
- Cabinet approves bilateral labour agreement with Bahrain
With over 30,000 workers headed for Bahrain every year, the government on Thursday approved signing of a pact with that country on labour a...
18 Sep, 2008, 07.19 PM IST
- India finalises labour agreements with Malaysia, Oman, Bahrain
Amidst increasing incidents of maltreatment of Indian workers in the Gulf and other countries, the Government on Friday finalised labour ag...
08 Aug, 2008, 11.15 PM IST
- US puts India, China on watch list over human trafficking
The United States has placed India and China on watch list for not doing enough to fight human trafficking and claimed that part of the eno...
05 Jun, 2008, 10.21 AM IST
- Expats blame Indian-origin minister for Malaysia row
The burst came as several delegates from Malaysia, despite “the fear of being hounded” back home if their “identities became known”, went o...
10 Jan, 2008, 04.15 AM IST
- Malaysia to allow maids from India, Nepal, Laos, Vietnam
Malaysia will allow householders to employ maids from India, Laos, Nepal and Vietnam as the government seeks to counter a shortage of domes...
10 Oct, 2007, 10.15 AM IST