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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 Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (OSH&WC Code), 2020. The committee is expected to ...

. 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 Relation Code, 2020, the lay-off, retrenchment and closure in certain establishments shall apply to ...

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 any kind of safety net for herself and her family of eight. Rehana, who is her family’s primary bre...

March 16 2021 In spite of challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical tensions in the Indian sub-continent and market uncertainties associated with the US presidential elections, Indian M&A deal activity remarkably prospered in certain respects during 2020. Deal flow crossed the $82 billion mark in aggregate deal value, representing an increase of 22.9% from 2019. However, nearly a quarter of this figure is attributable to multiple big-ticket investments made in Jio Platforms, the holding company for India's largest mobile network operator Jio and ot...

The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 at Section 11A confers upon Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals (collectively referred to as <i>'Tribunals'</i>) the power to '<i>set aside </i>...