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. The government has made a strong claim that the recently passed Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020 are pro-worker and will provide statutory protection to unorganised workers. The objective of these new labour codes is to ensure social security, non-hazardous work conditions and to provide minimum wages. However, these codes show anti-labour reforms. According to Section 77(1) of the Industrial ...

In India’s informal economy, crores of women face gender bias and insecurity Women’s participation in the Indian labour force is at a historic low. Representational image. | Manjunath Kiran / AFP Over the last two decades, Rehana*, 42, has been working on improving her tailoring skills, learning to cut, sew, and recently, design and stitch salwar suits for boutiques and individual customers. But even though she often works 12-hour days, she has little income security or a...

Clicking: Most of 2021 is going to be a largely work-from-home arrangement   -  Getty Images× Many experts are of the opinion that increasing the working hours will not necessarily yield more Last month, a news that attracted attention was “the government was open to proposing flexibility in working days with a cap on total hours at 48”. A back-of-the-envelope calculation shows a person should not work more than 12 hours (4 days x 12 hours = 48 hours). Simple one would think, as curren...

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha The Jammu and Kashmir government last week handed over a cheque of Rs 250 crore to Jammu and Kashmir Bank as the second instalment of 5 per cent Interest Subvention under Economic Package, as Covid-19 relief for the business sector. Till date, around 3.41 lakh small and big business establishments have availed the benefits of the Interest Subvention. Highlighting the initiatives taken by the government for bringing reforms in the economic sector in J&K, the Lieut...

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New Labour Codes May Allow 4-day Work Week But With Longer Hours FOLLOW US ON: The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment is working to roll out new labour codes, where it proposes flexibility to companies to reduce the number of working days to four days a week and provide free medical check-ups to workers through state insurance. However, the cap on working hours of 48 hours per week will remain sacrosanct. Companies will have to give three days’ of paid leaves and 12 hours of work per da...

Government open to 4-day work week, but with cap on total hours at 48 The centre is not forcing employers or employees to comply with this provision, saying it is being brought to provide flexibility and be in sync with changing work culture. 0 claps Soon, you may have a four-day work week. On Monday, the Centre announced that its new labour codes would soon provide an option for organisations to allow their employees to work for four days a week. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, Union...

Understanding proposed labour codes: Reform or cause for concern? The labour ministry is formulating relevant rules and regulations to implement the four new labour codes. The four labour codes enacted by the Parliament in 2020 are set to be implemented soon. According to Labour and Employment Secretary Apurva Chandra, the labour ministry is formulating relevant rules and regulations to implement the four new labour codes in the next few weeks. Once the rules are notified, the codes would come ...

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