Page 2 - Labour Law Reform

Tried and tested

Legacy schemes are working in the time of Covid crisis

India's contract labour laws are riddled with incentives for corruption

The migrant workers' crisis is also the tra­gedy of contract workers, who have been growing in numbers over the years

The indignity of labour laws

Suspending the entire labour law as some states have tried is not sustainable

Reforms do not mean complete abolition of labour laws: Rajiv Kumar

According to Kumar, the objective of the Rs 20 trillion-economic stimulus package announced by the government was to revive aggregate demand and not just consumer demand

Centre passes the baton on to States for initiating labour law reforms

It is pushing the states to undertake they reforms without taking the Ordinance route to codify the laws

Need permanent changes, policy predictability and flexibility: Mukesh Aghi

President, CEO at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Mukesh Aghi says that India needs a transparent policy environment

Covid-19: Why labour law relaxations will need to undergo judicial scrutiny

Geetika Srivastava checks out whether the recent labour law relaxations announced by several states pass the legal smell test

MP labour law changes: Relaxed licence norms for contract workers

Recognition of trade unions for collective bargaining no longer possible for key industrial sectors

Labour law changes in UP, MP a bigger pandemic in the offing: BMS President

In a Q&A, C K Saji Narayanan says the proposed amendments will lead to the law of the jungle, and that the unions will definitely agitate against them

House panel opposes lay-off payment for workers during natural calamities

The Standing Committee has suggested that the government allow bigger companies to retrench workers, without the need to seek official nod from the government

Future US-UK trade deal needs labour, climate protections: US lawmaker

Britain is the closest US ally but the two countries face big hurdles in working out a new trade agreement, including a dispute over Britain's plan to impose a unilateral digital tax

Govt to frame job policy afresh; labour ministry begins talks with industry

The government had in 2018 formed an inter-ministerial committee to formulate a policy document on jobs and the VV Giri National Labour Institute was supposed to submit a draft to the labour ministry

Govt plans to implement all four labour codes in one go, likely in 2020

The government is yet to issue a separate order notifying the date of its implementation

Reform by notification

Four labour codes take the reform process forward, but reliance on notifications in a few areas raises questions

A step forward

There is no substitute for an overall change in labour laws

Statsguru: Public firms are increasingly denying social security to workers

While the transition from agriculture to other sectors is taking place, manufacturing is not providing the necessary buffer before the workforce shifts to the services sector

Untangling labour laws

Govt has made a good start, but glitches remain

Minimum wage rationalisation on cards: Here're the govt's key proposals

These proposals were a part of the Code on Wages Bill, 2019 and the Code on Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions Bill 2019

Modi govt proposes major labour law changes for ease of compliance

Single registration will be coupled with single licence, along with a single return, for executing projects for five years

Govt should ease law on firing workers, reform labour laws: Panagariya

He said the government's plan to introduce a single minimum wage across the country may hurt businesses in smaller towns