LABOUR LAWS

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...

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...

Labour Ministry to clear the air on work hours

The labour ministry has proposed an eight-hour workday in the draft rules under the code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditi...

Karnataka industries minister says Wistron and Toyota incidents will not affect state’s investment prospects

“These incidents will not hurt future investments. In fact, the government-approved investments of Rs 22,419 crore on Monday for EV manufac...

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...

Industry bodies to press for holding back new wage definition in meeting with govt on Dec 24

"The representatives of CII and FICCI among other industry bodies would meet union labour ministry top brass on December 24, 2020 to discus...

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...

Congress to launch letter drive against farm and labour laws

The Congress Karnataka unit on Monday said it will launch a letter drive against the contentious farm and labour laws in support of farmers...

Oman to enact labour, taxation and subsidy reforms, says minister

Sayyed Badr Al Busaidi told the ISS Manama Dialogue summit in Bahrain that significant changes to labour policy would include abolishing a ...

States may be nudged to modify laws in line with labour codes

The government is of the view that state laws such as the Mathadi law of Maharashtra, which provides benefits for a person who carries a lo...

Work hours: The global rule book

ET looks at the work hours prescribed in labour laws of other countries and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards for indus...

Govt to hire experts for framing rules of three labour codes

“The experts will be responsible for codification of labour laws, framing of rules related to labour codes, assisting the committee tasked ...

Plans afoot to implement all four labour codes from April 1

​​“We intend to implement all the new labour codes together from April 1. We have begun the process of drafting the rules and hope to final...

Labour ministry clarification: Changes in labour laws will not trigger rampant hiring and firing of workers

Parliament had last week passed the three labour bills related to industrial relation, social security and occupational safety, health and ...

15 states seek approval for changes in three labour laws from Centre

According to minister labour minister Santosh Gangwar, reforms in labour laws is a continuous process. Therefore, Central and State Governm...

It’s a wage, not labour, crisis: Three lessons for reforming India's labour laws

There are three lessons for reforming our dysfunctional labour laws. One, any change must be balanced. Two, any change needs evidence. Thre...