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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 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...

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 currently the work week is usually of five-six days. The issue of flexibility in working days is being dis...

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 Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that an amount to the tune of Rs 264 crore was disbursed as financia...

The pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of compliances in organisations