SOCIAL SECURITY

Trade unions to boycott meeting called by labour ministry, terms it farce

The labour ministry had held first round of tripartite discussions on draft rules on Wage Code and Code on Industrial Relations in December...

Can social media companies boot Trump? Yes

As the Congressional Research Service has explained in a report for federal lawmakers and their staffs, lawsuits predicated on a website's ...

Labour ministry likely to give shape to National Employment Policy by December

The NEP will draw a broad road map for improving job opportunities in the country, mainly by various initiatives like skill development, br...

Expert panel seeks basic living wage after job loss

The one-member commission, set up under the labour ministry’s Central Advisory Contract Labour Board (CACLB) in May last year, tackled conc...

Gig Workers Fund: Internet firms seek clarity on social security inputs

Online platforms, such as Amazon India, Ola, Uber and Urban Company, have asked the labour ministry to clearly define turnover, which will ...

Labour ministry formalises work from home for services sector

Besides, to safeguard the IT industry, the ministry has prescribed involvement in unauthorized access of any IT system, computer network of...

Labour codes to herald new wave of reforms in 2021; job creation likely to be major challenge

This year has also been a challenging year for the workforce as well as for employers due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The gov...

Herculean task of providing social security cover for informal workers awaits EPFO in 2021

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation will have a herculean task in improving the delivery of services with focus on implementation of...

View: Post-Covid future needs heightened focus on inclusive strategies that can generate millions of livelihoods

Covid-19 has fast-tracked the collective consciousness. It is time we craft Sustainability 2.0 — to build back better, and together take ac...

New Labour Code: Govt to set up three national boards to determine minimum wages and social security parameters

​​The national social security board will recommend to the Centre suitable social security schemes for different sections of unorganised wo...

Aggregators may give 1-2% of turnover or 5% of wages to social security fund

The code, which aims to provide universal social security to 450 million workers, over 90% of whom are in the unorganised sector, is expect...

Government notifies draft rules under the Code on Social Security

The labour ministry has sought suggestions on the rules over the next 45 days from the date of notification, following which the final rule...

Employees’ State Insurance Corporation kick-starts work on social security scheme for organised workers

The organisation, under the labour ministry, has written to states to speed up creation of requisite medical infrastructure in 161 district...

Govt plans to bring voluntary pension scheme for small traders, unorganised workers under EPFO

“We are looking at bringing the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan for unorganised workers and the National Pension Scheme for traders and ...

New Social Security Code introduces different ceilings for different workers

The standing committee on labour had recommended gratuity eligibility criteria to be reduced between one and three years since duration of ...

Govt plans umbrella body for social security schemes to help unorganised sector

The government proposes to bring at least half a dozen social security schemes, including old age pension and insurance, under the ambit of...