Labour Law Reform

Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.

The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...

Three labour codes involving what the government called "important labour reforms" were approved by the Union cabinet at a meeting held last evening. The codes involve social security, occupational safety, health and working conditions and industrial relations, sources said. All three codes will be placed before parliament in the monsoon session t...

The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs.

About regulatory issues in the country, Ms Gopinath said that regulatory uncertainty in India is one of the reasons for the ongoing economic slowdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is finally attempting to overhaul India's most controversial labor laws to attract investment and make it easier to do business in a country where changing archaic rules is a challenge for any government.

Qatar has set a temporary minimum wage for migrant workers worth around $200 a month, its labour minister said Thursday, a benchmark reform following widespread criticism of Doha's preparations for the 2022 World Cup.

NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.

Tens of thousands of workers have rallied in the Belgian capital to protest against government reforms and labor laws, disrupting public transport and traffic.

The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.

Opponents of France's controversial labour reforms took to the streets Thursday for the 14th time in six months in a last-ditch bid to quash the measures that lost the Socialist government crucial support on the left.

Qatar has reassured India that labour reforms will improve the conditions of more than half a million Indian migrants, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns of abuses during a weekend visit to the Gulf state.

BMS delegation met Mr Jaitley and other members of the ministerial panel on labour issues.

Apple and Foxconn, a major supplier for the Cupertino company, successfully lobbied for liberalisation of labour laws in Karnataka earlier in March, according to a report. Lobbying by Apple and Foxconn led to laws that allow 12-hour shifts and night-time work for women in the state.

The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government used the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to drive wide-ranging reforms.

Three of the four labour code bills, that comprise the government's flagship labour reforms, were passed by the Rajya Sabha today as opposition protests raged outside parliament. The opposition, which boycotted both houses since yesterday, had written to Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu, asking that the contentious bills not be passed "unilatera...

Three labour codes involving what the government called "important labour reforms" were approved by the Union cabinet at a meeting held last evening. The codes involve social security, occupational safety, health and working conditions and industrial relations, sources said. All three codes will be placed before parliament in the monsoon session t...

The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their employer's permission to change jobs.

About regulatory issues in the country, Ms Gopinath said that regulatory uncertainty in India is one of the reasons for the ongoing economic slowdown.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is finally attempting to overhaul India's most controversial labor laws to attract investment and make it easier to do business in a country where changing archaic rules is a challenge for any government.

Qatar has set a temporary minimum wage for migrant workers worth around $200 a month, its labour minister said Thursday, a benchmark reform following widespread criticism of Doha's preparations for the 2022 World Cup.

NITI Aayog has pressed for 'substantive' reforms in labour laws to take the country out of the current low-productivity and low-wage jobs situation. It has also said that unifying the existing large number of labour laws into four codes without reforming them will serve little purpose.

Tens of thousands of workers have rallied in the Belgian capital to protest against government reforms and labor laws, disrupting public transport and traffic.

The Narendra Modi government is to make a renewed drive to overhaul labour laws, hoping to create millions of new jobs by making it easier to hire and fire, the labour ministry's top bureaucrat said today.

Opponents of France's controversial labour reforms took to the streets Thursday for the 14th time in six months in a last-ditch bid to quash the measures that lost the Socialist government crucial support on the left.

Qatar has reassured India that labour reforms will improve the conditions of more than half a million Indian migrants, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised concerns of abuses during a weekend visit to the Gulf state.

BMS delegation met Mr Jaitley and other members of the ministerial panel on labour issues.