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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.
In workers’ protests in Noida and beyond, a test of labour reforms
April 16, 2026 7:31 am
Strengthening enforcement mechanisms is the most critical priority. A persistent challenge in India’s labour market is the weak enforcement of regulations, especially in the informal sector
No guilt but no pay? No way: 25 years on, Punjab and Haryana High Court restores back wages to clerk exonerated thrice
March 18, 2026 11:19 am
Back wages case: Punjab and Haryana High Court holds that salary denial after acquittal and multiple exonerations is unjust, calling it arbitrary and legally unsustainable.
Wages still below pre-pandemic level, while corporate profits soared to 15-year high in FY24
February 01, 2025 12:03 am
Among the salaried, real average monthly wage for male workers in 2023-24 was Rs 11,858, down by 6.4 per cent from Rs 12,665 in 2017-18. For female workers, real wages fell more sharply by 12.5 per cent to Rs 8,855 from Rs 10,116 in 2017-18.
Jean Drèze writes: Wages are the worry, not just unemployment
April 13, 2023 9:09 am
Jean Dreze writes: There has been no significant growth of real wages at the all-India level or in the last eight years. It calls for a reorientation of economic policies, with more focus on the drivers of wage growth
MGNREGA wages: House panel for removing caste-based payment method
March 17, 2022 11:33 am
“The Committee were aghast at such a revelation. Employing such modality surpasses any prudence whatsoever,” said the report that was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Minimum monthly wages could go up to Rs 15,000
December 28, 2014 5:02 am
Government officials said the higher but flat floor of minimum wages will have a national footprint like the GST.
Trade unions hold rally demanding minimum wages hike
December 13, 2013 1:32 am
Thousands of workers cutting across political affiliations Thursday staged a massive demonstration.
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