Earlier this week, the Centre notified the draft rules for the Labour Codes, namely The Code on Wages, 2019; the…
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India’s government has enacted what it calls “historic” labour reform—consolidating 29 laws into four codes covering wages, industrial relations, social…
The Centre has finally notified the four Labour Codes, offering protection to gig workers with universal social-security coverage. Gender pay…
Government of Goa has launched the Grant of Temporary Status to Daily Wage Workers Scheme 2025. Under this scheme, all…
Now, gig workers across at least 320 e-commerce platforms can hope for some security cover thanks to the Maharashtra government’s…
With the signing of a crucial bill, President Joe Biden has boosted the Social Security benefits for millions of employees…
Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya has conveyed that the government is looking at ways to provide social…
Gig workers in Karnataka had reason to celebrate when the state government released the draft of the Karnataka Platform-based Gig…
The Indian government is working to develop a new Labour Welfare and Employment Index or LWEI, which is expected to…
The Ministry of Labour and the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) are planning to re-examine the Employee Pension Scheme (EPS)…
Come October, and chances are that the four labour codes may come into force. The labour Ministry had initially planned…
While the size of the gig economy may seem small compared to the traditional economy, it is rapidly growing. Given…
In September 2019, the Government had sought to regulate the country’s rising gig economy by devising a social security scheme…
The Parliamentary Panel on Labour has been proposing that the eligibility criteria —in terms of minimum number of employees and…
Reduction of cut from 12 per cent of basic salary to 10 per cent means a higher take-home salary.
The Government is implementing the Unorganised Workers’ Social Security Act, 2008.