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the labour ministry has said that all states and UTs are expected to complete draft labour code,including code on wages

All states/UTs expected to complete draft labour code rules by March

December 29, 2024 10:43 pm

Barring five states and UTs, all others have pre-published the rules, setting the stage for the much-awaited rollout of the four codes.

Which country has the highest rate of employment?

October 28, 2024 8:24 am

Qatar ranks first with 88.8 per cent of the population employed followed by Madagascar (83.6%), and Solomon Islands (83.1%).

Top 10 countries with longest and shortest work hours 2024: The International Labour Organisation has released data on average working hours and the prevalence of excessive working time—based on hours of work and working time arrangements (work schedules).

Top 10 countries with the longest and shortest work hours 2024: Know where does India stand

May 01, 2025 9:58 am

Top 10 countries with longest and shortest working hours 2024: The average Indian worker works 46.7 hours each week, with 51 per cent of India's workforce working 49 or more hours each week.

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Welfare is on the agenda of all political parties. But is it adequate?

March 28, 2024 9:53 am

The social protection architecture emerging in India is chaotic. It’s also unbalanced — groups with little political leverage seem to be losing out on even existing levels of protection

Women hardest-hit in pandemic job market, says UN labour body

July 19, 2021 10:25 pm

Women have been at greater risk of lay-offs or reduced working hours during periods of anti-infection economic and social restrictions, especially in sectors such as accommodation, food services and manufacturing, the U.N. agency said.

New research: WHO-ILO study links long work hours to more deaths

May 19, 2021 7:50 am

With working long hours now known to be responsible for about one-third of the total estimated work-related burden of disease, it is established as the risk factor with the largest occupational disease burden.

COVID-19 pandemic wipes out 81 million jobs in Asia-Pacific in 2020, ILO says

December 16, 2020 1:51 pm

With fewer paid hours of work available, median incomes are falling. Overall, labor incomes in the region fell by as much as 9.9% in the first three quarters of the year, equivalent to a 3.4% drop in gross domestic product, the ILO said.

India gets Chairmanship of ILO Governing body after a gap of 35 years

October 23, 2020 4:50 pm

"After 35 years, India assumed the Chairmanship of the Governing Body of ILO. Labour Secretary Apurva Chandra has been elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Body of the ILO for the period October 2020-June 2021," a labour ministry statement said on Friday.

‘Global labour income falls 10.7% in 2020 so far, lower-middle income nations hit hardest’

September 24, 2020 12:12 pm

This estimated loss of labour income excludes income support provided through government measures.

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Minimum wage criteria rules ‘ambiguous’: ILO

August 20, 2020 5:38 am

The Expert Committee had earlier recommended setting the national floor wage at Rs 375 per day (Rs 9,750 per month) as per July 2018 prices, which if now updated to January 2020 prices, will be Rs 413 per day (10,738 rupees per month), it said.