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Those who continue WFH but have not left their existing location may see a change in allowance components without any reduction in overall salaries.

Standing Committee on Labour holds meeting with textile industry Updated: Updated: Industry seeks efforts to boost production of man-made fibre textiles in the country Share Article Industry seeks efforts to boost production of man-made fibre textiles in the country The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour held a meeting with the heads of the textile industry associations on Tuesday at Tiruppur. The industry sought efforts to boost production of man-made fibre (MMF) textiles in the count...

Labour Codes may get implemented before April 1: Report Twenty nine central labour laws have been consolidated into four codes on occupational safety, minimum wages, and social security. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Image Source: PIB) The four labour codes passed by Parliament in September 2020 may get implemented ahead of April 1 as planned earlier, The Hindu reported on January 13. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code ...

Will the proposed WFH rule weaken the bargaining power of workers? Heres what experts think It is the first time that the labour ministry has brought out standing orders for the services sector under the Industrial Relations Code. Before, the new labour codes were approved by Parliament in September 2020, there was one standing order across sectors. Representative image Labour experts and union heads are of the opinion that the governments proposal to formalise work from home (WFH) for the serv...

Synopsis The labour ministry had held first round of tripartite discussions on draft rules on Wage Code and Code on Industrial Relations in December. Next round of discussion on the Social Security Code and the Code on Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions. The joint platform of 10 central trade unions will boycott the tripartite stakeholder meeting called by labour ministry on Tuesday saying it is a farce. Instead, the unions have demanded the government hold physical meeting with...

National Employment Policy to take shape by December, says Labour Bureau DG DS Negi The document is expected to aid employment generation in the country to a great extent, at a time when the government is grappling with the issue of job loss especially due to the pandemic Representational Image. Reuters New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour and Employment is likely to give a shape to the National Employment Policy (NEP) by December thi...

Updated Jan 06, 2021 | 06:25 IST Traditionally tax was the annual change quotient for most employees that impacted their ‘take-home-pay’, but going forward labour codes may also have an impact. Representational image&nbsp The government has been pushing the ‘Make-in-India’ initiative by bringing in various legislative, administrative and e-governance related changes to facilitate the ease of doing business in India. The Labour Code is one such step in that directi...

Labour ministry formalises work from home for services sector SECTIONS Share Synopsis Besides, to safeguard the IT industry, the ministry has prescribed involvement in unauthorized access of any IT system, computer network of the employer, customer or client as a misconduct under the separate model standing orders for services sector prepared by the government for the first time. Agencies The labour ministry has formalised work from home for the services sector while leaving it for the employe...

For work from home to continue beyond COVID, the regulatory framework must change Regulations must address questions such as whether an employee’s home can be considered as an extended worksite, the questions of employee privacy and employer liability Jignesh Thakkar Checklist: The correct sitting position. (Image: News18 Creative) While most of the surveys conducted in the last few months confirmed that more than 70 percent of employees and compan...

Govt finalising technicalities of four mega surveys to collate job data of unorganised sector SECTIONS Share Synopsis The government has set up an expert group under the chairmanship of Professor SP Mukherjee to provide technical guidance to the Labour Bureau with respect to these surveys. The expert group consists of eminent economists, statisticians and government functionaries. Agencies “The survey will be done by the Labour Bureau and results will be available by October 2021,” the min...