LABOUR DEPARTMENT

Punjab govt to recruit 50,000 people till March 31; Cabinet gives nod to restructuring 10 depts

Kickstarting the process of recruitment to 50,000 government posts during the current fiscal, the Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday approved rest...

Wistron riots: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa urged to fix flaws in labour rules

“The labour department should play a very different role in dispute redressal. There should be a proper grievance redressal system to addre...

Assam govt to launch scheme for infrastructural development of Border outposts

Under the scheme barracks will also be built adjacent to the BOPs for the convenience of the men in uniform. In the first phase of the sche...

Karnataka labour department says workers' rights violated at Wistron factory

The team of labour officials that inspected the factory and interacted with the management, manpower supply agencies and employees, has rev...

Wistron did not pay workers overtime: Karnataka labour department

“Workers have accused the company of not being given wages for overtime work, which is found to be true. We have asked Wistron to share all...

Wistron attack: No worker complained about wages, says Karnataka labour minister

The minister's comments came in response to a query related to the vandalism at the 44-acre facility, allegedly over issues related to calc...

Public grievances against central government departments soar to 2.1 million this year

About 478,139 complaints were received against the Department of Financial Services, pertaining to banking services, while the telecom depa...

US productivity increased at 4.6% rate in third quarter

The third quarter increase in productivity was below the first estimate a month ago of a 4.9 per cent increase, the Labor Department report...

Labour Code may lead to overtime pay for white-collar, managerial employees

Not only that, the compensation for overtime should be at least twice that of the employees' regular pay, as per the Code on Wages, 2019. C...

Karnataka Chief Minister Yediyurappa to hold talks on Monday to resolve Toyota deadlock

An executive at the TKML said the management will brief the chief minister about the strike and update him about the latest developments ah...

EPFO extends deadline to submit life certificate by pensioners till February 28

"In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of elderly population to coronavirus, the Employees' Provident Fund Organis...

Trade unions go on strike; public services likely to be hit

A day-long strike has been called for by a joint platform of ten central trade unions, including Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTU...

Karnataka not to reopen schools, pre-university colleges in December

​​The schools have remained closed since March when the national lockdown was first enforced to combat COVID-19. The proceedings of the mee...

Deliberation for action plan to regulate placement agencies going on: Panel tells Delhi HC

A court-appointed committee has told the Delhi High Court that deliberations are going on for preparing an action plan for strict enforceme...

Income tax department carried out searches in Bihar

"The searches have led to unearthing of unaccounted income of about Rs. 75 crore, so far. Evidences of unaccounted cash entries, unaccounte...

Ministry of Labour and Employment allays fears about Labour Codes

In a pointed clarification on raising employee limit of smaller units for closure to 300, the ministry has underlined that the department-r...