In the wake of the migrant crisis, several states have amended existing labour laws, either suspending them altogether or increasing working hours. The Prime Minister’s address on May 12 also indicated legal changes in the offing, which will doubtless include amendments to labour laws. It is axiomatic that these amendments must be in consonance with […]
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The death of sixteen migrant workers who were mowed down by a train last week is ‘an unforgivable tragedy’, Wipro’s Founder Chairman Azim Premji said. This tragedy, he said, is one of the most wrenching markers of the tremendous misery being faced by the weakest and the poorest in this country. In this context, Azim
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Labourers of J&K’s largest factory, Chenab Textile Mill (CTM) at Kathua, on Friday resorted to violence and blocked the Jammu-Pathankot highway to protest the non-payment of full wages amid the ongoing lockdown. Thousands of workers assembled at Workers’ Colony inside the factory and staged a noisy demonstration against the management after they came to know
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AHMEDABAD: Close on the heels of sweeping labour reforms in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat has become the third BJP-ruled state to exempt new establishments from all labour laws barring three as it eyes investments into the states from companies looking to relocate from China. The state government will soon bring an ordinance to roll-out labour reforms that would be applicable
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The Uttar Pradesh government has approved an Ordinance exempting businesses from the purview of almost all the labour laws for the next three years, to give a fillip to investment in the state, affected by Covid-19. “Horticultural and economic activities have been severely affected and slowed down in the state due to the outbreak of COVID-19. This is because
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The Kerala State Small Industries Association (KSSIA), representing over a lakh micro, small and medium-sized (MSME) industrial units in the State, has called for big changes in the labour environment and laws governing employment. This is to enable, among other things, students to work part time, to create an environment of competition among labourers, and
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Click Here For Download: Gazette Notifications Extension Of Working Hours For Factories In Madhya Pradesh: (Effective Date: 20th Apr, 2020) Government of Madhya Pradesh vide notification no.247-2020-A-XVI has exempted all factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948 with effect from 20th April 2020 for three months in the state from Section 51 (Weekly Hour), Section 54
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New Delhi: Domestic workers should be brought under the purview of labour laws, allowing them social security and other benefits, a parliamentary panel has recommended. The standing committee on labour, headed by BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, has said it is high time domestic service and domestic workers get the benefits of various labour laws. In its report
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Ludhiana-based association of hand tools manufacturers, comprising 41 MSMEs, has moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing the government’s March 29 order asking private establishments to pay full wages to their workers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Stating that the Ministry of Home Affairs passed orders without due care and deliberation on the financial implications for employers,
