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In Noida and beyond, workers’ protests are proof that cost of living crisis can no longer be ignored
April 21, 2026 3:51 pm
Perhaps the biggest evidence of distress in the economy is the demand for work under VB-G RAM G, which has remained high even though the wages it offers are almost two-thirds of the market wages in many states
‘New labour codes not in our interest’: In Gurgaon, workers voice opposition
April 14, 2026 9:00 pm
Workers argued that this increase fails to keep pace with soaring inflation in consumer goods and housing.
Four labour codes, one big leap
November 25, 2025 12:41 pm
They make India a better habitat for good jobs
Karnataka to amend labour law to increase contributions to workers’ welfare fund
December 06, 2024 10:04 am
The Karnataka Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024 is likely to be tabled in the Winter Session. The changes in the contributions will enable an increase of Rs 15.81 crore in the state labour welfare fund.
Switzerland wakes to new era after historic bank merger; employees "shocked"
March 20, 2023 1:00 pm
The Swiss Bank Employees Association, in a statement to Reuters, demanded that UBS keep job cuts to it an "absolute minimum".
Labour codes need to be drafted keeping in mind realities of informal sector workers
February 18, 2021 8:54 am
These vulnerabilities of the informal sector became even more prominent as the entire country went into a state of suspension due to the lockdown enforced as a state response to the pandemic.
New labour codes will force workers into a more precarious existence
October 15, 2020 9:06 am
In real terms, the essential thrust of the new labour codes is the generalisation of a paradigm of labour–capital relations, which is based on reduced state intervention or deregulation, and its corollary, bipartite industrial relations.
Dalitality: Labour laws and the muffled voices of 93%
May 31, 2020 3:50 pm
Labour laws are a conglomeration of close to 250 Central and state laws that grant protection to the labourer by regulating fair wages, conditions of work, overtime, leave, and social securities through employment security.
Maharashtra to bring in new safety policy for factories, shops, construction workers
January 15, 2018 4:10 am
We are planning to bring in stringent safety norms for shops and establishments that will be applicable to all units irrespective of number of labourers. The policy will include norms for factories and construction workers,” said Sambhaji Patil-Nilangekar, state labour minister.
The Day India was a Union of Strikes
September 03, 2015 6:03 am
A claimed 16 cr members of 10 central trade unions shut down parts of the country to protest changes in labour laws and privatisation of PSUs.
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