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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
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Apple, Foxconn Efforts Lead to Labour Reforms Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Production in India: Report
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.
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Change In Take-Home Salary and Working Hours From New Wage Code, Check Details
More number of states have come up with draft laws for the new wage code, which is delayed from the government's original plan of July 1 implementation of the new labour laws.
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Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
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Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
Apple on Monday said that its Taiwanese supplier Pegatron will not receive any news business from the technology giant after it found that Pegatron violated Apple's supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts and overtime, and also take up work unrelated to their majors.
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Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
The Supreme Court has quashed a notification, passed by the Gujarat government in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, which allowed all factories in the state to extend work shifts to up to 12 hours from the earlier eight hours and slashed overtime payment to half. The court further directed the state to pay overtime due to workers at the original...
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"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
Around 48 hours after the Uttar Pradesh government cleared an ordinance to exempt businesses in the state from a majority of labour laws prompting criticism from the opposition parties, a senior minister on Friday defended the move calling it "pro-worker".
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Centre Asks States To Enforce Tough Law Against Hoarding, Black Marketing With Jail Up To 7 Years
The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.
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Industry Demands Export Promoting Measures, Simplification Of Labour Laws
Ficci President Sandip Somany said the meeting delved into infrastructure bottlenecks in terms of the rules, regulations which can help free up business.
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Apple, Foxconn Broke a Chinese Labour Law to Build Latest iPhones
Apple and manufacturing partner Foxconn violated a Chinese labour rule by using too many temporary staff in the world’s largest iPhone factory, the companies confirmed following a report that also alleged harsh working conditions.
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Qatar, FIFA Urged To Protect 800,000 Workers From Desert Heat
World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction labourers working in scorching temperatures, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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South Korea Child Law Sees More Babies Abandoned
The young woman laboured up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child's nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away.
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Bangladesh Diplomat Charged With Labour Trafficking By New York
New York charged Bangladesh's deputy consul general with labor trafficking and assault for allegedly forcing a household helper to work 18 hours a day without pay for four years. The diplomat appeared in court on Monday and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted and has only limited diplomatic immunity.
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Tamil Nadu Techies Say They're Moving To Form India's First IT Union
A week after employees complained against IT major Cognizant for pink-slipping them, techies in Tamil Nadu are forming a union. More than 100 software professionals have signed up as members. The union, to be called "Forum for IT Employees, Tamil Nadu " will lobby for women's safety and protect members' rights by holding IT firms to labour laws, sa...
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US States Are Relaxing Barriers To Employ Minors, Despite Rising Exploitation
Working in industrial laundries at age 14, laboring up to 35 hours a week on top of school -- some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.
-
Apple, Foxconn Efforts Lead to Labour Reforms Ahead of Plans to Ramp Up Production in India: Report
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.
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Change In Take-Home Salary and Working Hours From New Wage Code, Check Details
More number of states have come up with draft laws for the new wage code, which is delayed from the government's original plan of July 1 implementation of the new labour laws.
-
Activist Nodeep Kaur Beaten Up At Police Station, Bail Plea Alleges
Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month.
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Apple Supplier Wistron Could Not Manage Scaled Up iPhone Plant, Broke Several Laws: Government Report
An investigation by Karnataka government into the violence at Apple supplier Wistron’s Kolar plant states that the Taiwanese contract manufacturer could not cope up with the rapid scaling up of manpower and breached several laws. The manpower at this plant, which assembles one iPhone model, rose to 10,500 workers from the permitted 5,000 in a sho...
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Apple Puts Major Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron on Probation Over Labour Laws Violation
Apple on Monday said that its Taiwanese supplier Pegatron will not receive any news business from the technology giant after it found that Pegatron violated Apple's supplier code of conduct by asking student employees to work night shifts and overtime, and also take up work unrelated to their majors.
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Supreme Court Cancels Gujarat's 12-Hour Workday "Anti-Labour" Notification
The Supreme Court has quashed a notification, passed by the Gujarat government in April amid the coronavirus lockdown, which allowed all factories in the state to extend work shifts to up to 12 hours from the earlier eight hours and slashed overtime payment to half. The court further directed the state to pay overtime due to workers at the original...
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"New Investment Avenues": UP Minister Defends Suspending Labour Laws
Around 48 hours after the Uttar Pradesh government cleared an ordinance to exempt businesses in the state from a majority of labour laws prompting criticism from the opposition parties, a senior minister on Friday defended the move calling it "pro-worker".
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Centre Asks States To Enforce Tough Law Against Hoarding, Black Marketing With Jail Up To 7 Years
The Centre has asked the states and the union territories to invoke a stringent law to punish those indulging in hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities, saying such acts can't be ruled out due to the loss of production and labour crisis in the wake of the nationwide lockdown.
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Industry Demands Export Promoting Measures, Simplification Of Labour Laws
Ficci President Sandip Somany said the meeting delved into infrastructure bottlenecks in terms of the rules, regulations which can help free up business.
-
Apple, Foxconn Broke a Chinese Labour Law to Build Latest iPhones
Apple and manufacturing partner Foxconn violated a Chinese labour rule by using too many temporary staff in the world’s largest iPhone factory, the companies confirmed following a report that also alleged harsh working conditions.
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Qatar, FIFA Urged To Protect 800,000 Workers From Desert Heat
World Cup 2022 host Qatar must urgently introduce laws to protect the lives of up to 800,000 migrant construction labourers working in scorching temperatures, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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South Korea Child Law Sees More Babies Abandoned
The young woman laboured up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child's nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away.
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Bangladesh Diplomat Charged With Labour Trafficking By New York
New York charged Bangladesh's deputy consul general with labor trafficking and assault for allegedly forcing a household helper to work 18 hours a day without pay for four years. The diplomat appeared in court on Monday and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted and has only limited diplomatic immunity.
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Tamil Nadu Techies Say They're Moving To Form India's First IT Union
A week after employees complained against IT major Cognizant for pink-slipping them, techies in Tamil Nadu are forming a union. More than 100 software professionals have signed up as members. The union, to be called "Forum for IT Employees, Tamil Nadu " will lobby for women's safety and protect members' rights by holding IT firms to labour laws, sa...
