Notification on Enhancing Daily Wage of Tea Workers in Assam by Rs 50 Stands Cancelled
The Labour Welfare Department, through a notification on May 26 has cancelled its earlier notification which had enhanced the daily wage of tea garden workers.
| 28 May 2021 10:35 AM GMT
Wage of Tea Workers in Assam: The Assam state government who have earlier in a notification announced to increase the daily wage of tea garden workers in the state by Rs. 50, now stands cancelled.
According to reports, the Labour Welfare Department, through a notification on May 26 has cancelled its earlier notification of February 23, which had enhanced the daily wage of tea garden workers in Assam by an amount of Rs. 50.
As COVID Deaths Surged, Bengaluru Crematorium Workers Subjected to Inhuman Conditions
A report by the All India Central Council of Trade Union notes that whether a crematorium is run by the BBMP or a religious institution, criminal neglect of workers is rampant.
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers and relatives prepare to cremate the bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium ground in Giddenahalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, May 2, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Samuel Rajkumar
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New Delhi: As COVID-19 deaths surged, crematorium workers in Bengaluru, many of whom are Dalits, have been subjected to inhuman conditions â including non-payment of wages, denial of statutory benefits, under protection from the coronavirus and forced to work long hours, finds a report by the All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU), Karnataka.Â
‘Work overtime, but not given even minimum wage’
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Study of working conditions of those conducting last rites of COVID-19 victims reveals bitter truths
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Workers at the temporary crematorium in Giddenahalli, on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The civic body has not given them basic safety gear, sanitisers and soaps. | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K
Study of working conditions of those conducting last rites of COVID-19 victims reveals bitter truths
A study of working conditions of those conducting the last rites of COVID-19 victims in the city has revealed that they work with inadequate safety gear, are exposed to health hazards, and do not get even the minimum wage though they work overtime.
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DA hike by Rs 105 to Rs 210 per month.
Hike effective from April 1, 2021.
New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour & Employment has announced a hike in variable dearness allowance for workers in central sphere by Rs 105 to Rs 210 per month. The hike, which will be effective from April 1, 2021, will also result in an increase in rate of minimum wages for central sphere employees and workers.
“At a time when the country is struggling with the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, in a major relief to different category of workers engaged in various scheduled employments in the central sphere, the Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India has notified and revised the rate of Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) with effect from 1.4.2021,” said an official release.
Cremation, burial ground workers in B luru living life of abject misery: Report
Tue, May 25 2021 19:27 IST |
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Bengaluru, May 25 : Dignity Disposed , a report prepared by the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), highlights the plight of Bengaluru s cremation and burial ground workers, who are forced to work for as long as 14 hours a day due to the surge in Covid related fatalities.
The authors of this report are Swathi Seshadri, Lekha Adavi and Kripa Krishnan (a volunteer), who visited 26 crematoriums and burial grounds between May 4 and 8 to capture the plight of the workers there.
According to them prior to the pandemic, there were around five bodies to be buried or burnt in a day.