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A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment 

Ambitious minimum wages of 60% or more of the national mean wage are currently being debated in many countries. This column discusses the trade-off policymakers face when setting minimum wages. A quantitative spatial general equilibrium model predicts that the welfare-maximising minimum wage is higher than the employment-maximising minimum wage. Beyond 50% of the mean wage,

Effective January 30, 2022, the minimum hourly wage that federal contractors and subcontractors must pay their workers increased to $15, implementing President Biden's Executive Order 14026 ("the Order")...

The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council recently issued an interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 14026 “Increasing the Minimum...

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 1: Hospital Development Fund (HDF) employees today staged a protest demonstration here at Press Club demanding regulations of their services and implementation of Minimum Wages Act. Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the HDF employees staged a peaceful demonstration while raising slogans in support of their demands. “We have been working in different hospitals for the last 20 years, getting a meager salary of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 under Hospital Deve...

The Executive Order seeks to raise the hourly minimum wage paid by contractors to workers performing work on or in connection with covered Federal contracts to $15.00 per hour beginning January 30, 2022, and beginning January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter.

HUL chief Sanjiv Mehta’s call for an urban job guarantee scheme merits consideration. A safety net for all would serve the cause of pandemic relief and also the principle of inclusion

MoHRE calls upon establishments to abide by wage protection system

The new year has ushered in a slew of minimum wage increases across the country.

The new year has ushered in a slew of minimum wage increases across the country.