These workers will get gratuity after 1 year instead of 5 years; more benefits for other workers under new labour codesNew labour laws are now in effect. Fixed-term employees receive full benefits and gratuity in 1 year instead of 5 years. Women workers gain...
24 Nov, 2025, 03.29 PM IST
Apple accused of restricting workers' slack, social media use by US labor boardThis is the second time the NLRB has hit Apple with a complaint this month. Last week, the agency accused the company of requiring employee...
12 Oct, 2024, 07.20 AM IST
Section of AIESL's permanent engineers plans to go on strike on May 241,700 AIESL engineers threaten strike from May 24 for immediate implementation of revised salary payments, citing discrimination issues and...
06 May, 2024, 09.24 PM IST
Air India dealt blow as aircraft technicians plan strikeTechnicians at AI Engineering Services Ltd. — a state-run maintenance, repair and overhaul firm and an erstwhile Air India unit — will stri...
10 Apr, 2024, 08.29 AM IST
Apple agrees to $25 million fine for favouring immigrants over US citizens, green card holders for job rolesThis settlement stands as the largest ever by the Justice Department in cases related to discrimination based on citizenship. The terms req...
13 Nov, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
Apple agrees to $25 million settlement with US over hiring of immigrantsThe Justice Department in a statement said Apple did not recruit US citizens or permanent residents for jobs that were eligible for a feder...
10 Nov, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
Indo-Canadian fined $60K for exploiting Indian worker's immigration statusKuldip Singh, owner of Husky gas station in Burnaby, withheld Harika Kasagoni's overtime pay for two years and accused her of lying about a...
14 Jul, 2023, 05.53 PM IST
Microsoft settles immigration related claims with US Justice DepartmentMicrosoft has been asked to pay a civil fine of $17,352 to the US treasury and amend its recruitment practices.
08 Dec, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
Facebook to pay $14.25 million to settle claims it favoured H1-B visa holdersThe US Justice Department had in December last year sued Facebook on the grounds that it had declined to “recruit, consider or hire” qualif...
20 Oct, 2021, 08.49 PM IST
Facebook to pay up to $14.25 million to settle US employment discrimination claimsFacebook will pay a civil penalty under the settlement of $4.75 million, plus up to $9.5 million to eligible victims of what the government...
20 Oct, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
Facebook paying fine to settle US suit on discriminationFacebook agreed in the settlement announced Tuesday to train its employees in anti-discrimination rules and to conduct more widespread adve...
20 Oct, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
US govt sues Facebook for favouring H-1B visa workers over US workersThe positions at issue offered an average salary of around USD 156,000. The department is seeking unspecified civil penalties and back pay ...
04 Dec, 2020, 01.37 PM IST
Per-country Green Card cap punishes immigrants from India: Republican Senator Mike Lee"Almost 200 years on a waiting list. Some people don't even live that long. Our country isn't much older than that, and that's the amount o...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Pourakarmikas upset over BBMP’s selective hiring for 4,000 postsThe decision has, however, caused much anxiety among civic workers who will be left out of the special recruitment process.
17 Oct, 2018, 10.47 AM IST
Private sector bank officers form union; to join September 2 strikeThe AIBOA said the new wing called the Private Sector Bank Officers' Forum was launched yesterday in Bengaluru.
17 Aug, 2015, 03.13 PM IST
Indian IT firms need to hire more locals for onsite operations: Narayana MurthyIndian IT industry had expressed concerns over the visa restrictions set out in the US Immigration Reform Bill that could hit their busines...
06 Sep, 2013, 04.44 PM IST
- Cement factory workers threaten nationwide strike
Cement factory workers on Saturday threatened to go on a nationwide strike on January 24 if manufacturers did not announce an adhoc payment...
08 Dec, 2007, 05.02 PM IST