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An economist decodes the reforms and rues the absence of effective consultations with trade unions on issues concerning workers and the economy

Mixed views were expressed by various experts on the impact of the new wage code on the pay packets and the retirement benefits of employees/workers.They also said it is "myopic" to term social security as a cost to the company.One ...

Reimburse medical expenses of workers: BMS May 12, 2021 Demands financial compensation to the insured persons and family members who die of Covid-19 Contesting the Union Labour Ministry’s claims that Employees State Insurance Corporation has reached out to workers during the Covid-19 crisis, the RSS-backed trade union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh feels there is no special protection to those who are covered under ESI. BMS general secretary Binay Kumar Sinha said in a letter to Union Labour Ministe...

Labour Ministry to collect Aadhaar details of informal workers for social security schemes Updated: Updated: No one will be denied benefits for want of Aadhaar, say Labour Secretary Share Article No one will be denied benefits for want of Aadhaar, say Labour Secretary The Ministry of Labour and Employment will soon start collecting the Aadhaar details of workers in the unorganised sector for implementation of future social security schemes, though no one will be denied benefits for the lack of...

By Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta, Sakshi Sharda* The second wave of Corona Virus has hit, the strain has proven to be more virulent. India in the past seven days has reported over three lakh cases per day. Currently, 150 districts in the country have a COVID positive rate passing 20 percent and hence debating a lockdown. This reminisce the terrifying images of the COVID-19 induced national lockdown in March 2020 which manifested the glaring gap in policy implementation in urban centers not accounti...

An issue of lives versus livelihoods Updated: Updated: May 04, 2021 23:31 IST That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent Share Article AAA That the situations faced by India’s migrants are not a matter of concern in policy making is quite apparent Strict to moderate lockdowns are being imposed again, this time in April 2021, terminating jobs in many an establishment employing large numbers of informal workers. Of those em...

Gig workers are on Covid frontline, they need legal rights and security May 1, 2021, 10:40 PM IST Alok Prasanna Kumar is Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has once again forced state governments to impose lockdowns across India’s major cities. People are working from home again, and shops and restaurants are shutting down to counter the seemingly unstoppable rise in Covid infections and d...

May Day 2021: What Has (Not) Changed Since the Pandemic Ravaged Livelihoods of Workers Despite the government passing several laws, hurting the hard-earned labour rights over centuries, workers are staring at an uncertain phase during which neither old labour laws nor the new codes are effectively relevant. A migrant worker runs behind a truck as others try to board it to return to their villages after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease, in ...

Migrant worker Bibhuti Khatua has mostly been confined to his one-room dwelling in Kotla Mubarakpur here with his ailing wife since Saturday. After the weekend lockdown, the plumber in his mid-40s had on Monday reported for work at the construction site where he is employed. But the state government then announced a total lockdown from Tuesday morning till the next Monday morning. For the next five days, therefore, Khatua will be dipping into his meagre savings of Rs 4,000 to meet his daily nee...

Labour ministry notifies draft rules under Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code SECTIONS Share Synopsis The ministry has invited suggestions on the draft Rules in the next 45 days following which the above Rules will be finalised. This would enable the government to put in place the required technical committee for smooth implementation of the OSH&WC Code. ET Bureau The labour ministry has notified draft rules pertaining to setting up of a technical committee under the Occupa...