Labour Reform

The UK government on Wednesday announced plans to axe 92 House of Lords seats retained for hereditary lawmakers, resurrecting reform of the unelected chamber started under Tony Blair's Labour government in the 1990s.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday say only his Conservatives can counter a Labour-led government and that a vote for Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK would hamper any chance of his party forming a strong opposition.

Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension 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.

Expanding social security for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the government's priority in 2023.

While the country can look forward to becoming a $25-30 trillion economy in its 100th year of Independence, it is also crucial to spread the gains of the future to everyone, including informal workers, agricultural labourers Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said.

The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has said that the union government should implement the labour reforms one by one.

Describing the government's response to the COVID-19 situation as "swift and substantial", the International Monetary Fund or IMF has said the country continued with labour reforms and privatisation despite the pandemic.

Greater reforms in labour sector and need to have enhanced investment in infrastructure will help achieve sustainable growth, says RBI Governor

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 today hard sold his government's reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.

The UK government on Wednesday announced plans to axe 92 House of Lords seats retained for hereditary lawmakers, resurrecting reform of the unelected chamber started under Tony Blair's Labour government in the 1990s.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday say only his Conservatives can counter a Labour-led government and that a vote for Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK would hamper any chance of his party forming a strong opposition.

Protesters clashed with security forces across France on Monday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets for Labour Day to vent their anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension 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.

Expanding social security for unorganised workers and pursuing states to make rules for labour codes will be the government's priority in 2023.

While the country can look forward to becoming a $25-30 trillion economy in its 100th year of Independence, it is also crucial to spread the gains of the future to everyone, including informal workers, agricultural labourers Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said.

The Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) has said that the union government should implement the labour reforms one by one.

Describing the government's response to the COVID-19 situation as "swift and substantial", the International Monetary Fund or IMF has said the country continued with labour reforms and privatisation despite the pandemic.

Greater reforms in labour sector and need to have enhanced investment in infrastructure will help achieve sustainable growth, says RBI Governor

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 today hard sold his government's reforms spanning from manufacturing to taxation to labour, saying they have changed the world perception about the country from 'why India' to 'why not India' and went on to quote record foreign investment during the pandemic as a testimony to that.

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wooed global investors by showcasing the recent agriculture and labour reforms and faster-than-anticipated reflating of the economy and asserted that the government will do whatever it takes to make India the engine of global growth resurgence.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.

The coronavirus pandemic has not stopped India from undertaking bold economic reforms, Indian envoy to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, urging the American businesses to take benefits of these "path-breaking" reforms in labour, space and agriculture sectors.