No end to discrimination against Punjab's Dalit women labourers, says study
A recent study examined 927 Dalit women labour households across four districts. A lot of them reeled under debt, faced sexual harassment
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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 Development Fund (HDF),” one of the […]