SMEs struggling, recovery slow; rise in key raw material cost hurting exporters
The survey, which was conducted among 1,396 worker groups, adding up to 8,023 people that included 4,836 women and children, showed that 76 per cent of the workers had less than Rs 200 left with them
The lockdown will hurt urban employment in April or beyond
With the first night curfew of the year being imposed in the national capital, the shops at various places here are being closed at 8 pm while the workers are fearing job loss
Book review of The Coolie's Great War: Indian Labour in a Global Conflict (1914-21)
By some accounts, the informal sector accounts for more than 80 per cent of the workforce and 50 per cent of the GVA in India
The hospitality sector, which was gradually picking up after the lockdown, is one among many that is feeling the heat
The NLRB backed a ruling from a US labor judge in 2019 that the electric-car maker had committed a series of violations of the National Labor Relations Act in 2017 and 2018
India's LFPR was 50.2% according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018-19. The pandemic further pushed people out of work
The company has been directed to pay ex-gratia to the next of kin of the deceased workers
Economic reforms require expending political capital by the governments, as the benefits of reforms are spread thin and become apparent only with a time lag
The count of the unemployed mounted to 38.7 million in December 2020 compared to 27.4 million in November, registering a massive increase of 11.3 million
Lessons from the controversy over unpaid workers
Wistron on Saturday admitted to certain lapses in payments to workers at the facility in Kolar district and said that it is removing its vice president Vincent Lee, who oversees its business in India
Only two platforms (Urban Company and Flipkart) were able to demonstrate that additional measures were taken to actively improve working conditions
Work-life balance of employees will be hurt if they work for so long and then commute, say labour economists
He expressed gratitude towards all officials and regional offices of these three organisations for their collective dedication
"Technology has a major, if not the most important, role in shaping the future of work," said C Vijayakumar, President and CEO of HCL Technologies
Point-to-point rate of inflation based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased to 6.25 per cent and 6.10 per cent in September from 6.32 per cent and 6.28 per cent, respectively in August, a labour ministry st
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the job landscape, gig employment is gaining ground and is offering huge potential for both blue-collar as well as white-collar workers.