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Can workers be protected from new forms of exploitation within the expanding platform economy?
June 02, 2026 12:19 am
Many delivery agents reported working more than 84 hours a week simply to break what they colloquially call the incentive 'tala' (lock) — a threshold that must be crossed before higher incentives become available
Elections brought our households to a stop: The domestic labour crisis urban India keeps ignoring
May 25, 2026 6:01 am
As workers return to cities again, perhaps it is time to think afresh about dignity and respect for people who provide essential services, create fairer contracts that recognise human effort and maybe also build these skills for ourselves
Even 'piece-rate' tailors regular employees: Delhi High Court asks firm to pay man Rs 1.25 lakh dues 25 years after dismissal
May 17, 2026 9:56 am
The Delhi High Court was hearing the plea of the garment company challenging the 2010 order directing the tailor's reinstatement with 80% back wages from August 1999.
Govt notifies rules for all labour codes, minimum wage criteria dropped
May 10, 2026 9:33 am
Criteria for minimum wage to be “separately specified" by Centre; floor wage to be fixed in consultation with states,
Noida workers' protest | ‘Govt shouldn’t be under pressure’: Industry body questions wage hike timing
April 17, 2026 2:45 pm
While sources said the government is in the process of forming the new wage board, there are concerns in industry about the timing of the interim hike, which came soon after protests.
From ‘McJobs’ to algorithms, the changing face of work in India
March 18, 2026 6:42 pm
As gig work expands, the risks of alienation, insecurity and widening inequality demand urgent policy attention
New labour codes will turn workers into pawns without minimum wages, job security or social security: AICCTU
February 04, 2026 4:55 pm
All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) releases a report criticising labour codes in Bengaluru ahead of a general strike slated for February 12.
Nearly 25% gig workers in India work for over 70 hours a week; 27% meet with accidents: new survey
February 01, 2026 12:42 pm
The survey by a non-profit comes against the backdrop of a conversation on the working conditions and earnings of gig workers triggered by a nationwide strike held on Christmas and New Year's Eve last year.
Gig workers srike: There are no easy villains or answers
January 09, 2026 8:39 am
The striking workers were described as a small minority of “miscreants”.
Exploitation is built into gig work
January 09, 2026 7:10 am
The response to the strike showed that the urban middle class, which is the biggest beneficiary of their services, is unlikely to come out in support.
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'Nativist' labour laws should be struck down, say experts — IE thinc Migration
June 28, 2021 3:59 pm
In the second edition of Thinc Migration, organised by The Indian Express, the panelists examined whether states are able to take care of those who migrate within their own borders.
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