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Ronak Chhabra
Labour Experts Dismiss Modi’s ‘Boost to Economy’ Brouhaha Over Codes
29 Sep 2020
Reforms in labour laws will not create jobs, if at all, the conditions of employment will be a “disaster”, they say.
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Amid Boycott by Opposition, Parliament Passes Three Contentious Labour Bills by Voice Vote
23 Sep 2020
The move, however, has been criticised by academics and trade unions alike. The unions have called the Bills an attempt to further a “pro-capitalist” agenda and have united in protest. Workers unions…
KR Shyam Sundar
What is Wrong With the Centre’s New Labour Codes
22 Sep 2020
The new labour codes of the government are mere instruments for labour law flexibility, without considering the consequences for workers.
KR Shyam Sundar
India’s Terrible Track Record in Unemployment Benefits
18 Sep 2020
Only employment can cure unemployment. Till then, informal workers need a universal and comprehensive social security scheme.
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‘Code on Social Security’ Omits Anganwadi, ASHAs as ‘Employees’, Unlike in Earlier Drafts
11 Aug 2020
Noting many omissions and ambiguities, such as on gig workers, the Standing Committee on Labour has called for a relook at the proposed Code, subsuming 9 labour Acts, to make it more ‘dynamic’.
Scharada Dubey
How Long will the Indian Poor be Invisible?
08 Aug 2020
It was ok for all of us to just label them as “migrant workers” and take shelter in the political correctness of this term since it might so easily have been, “these poor people”.
Subodh Varma
The Real Struggle for Life Goes On, As a Temple of Dreams Rises
06 Aug 2020
In the past four months, lakhs of working people have been gathering strength to resist a brutal onslaught on their lives, livelihoods and future.
Ronak Chhabra
Uttarakhand Exempts New Factories from Safety Norms, Retrenchment Provisions Following Centre’s Directions
31 Jul 2020
It became the third state to make far reaching labour reforms to woo investments for industries affected by COVID-19, after similar regulatory exemptions were announced by Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Karnataka: Workers To Burn Copies of Ordinance Changing Labour Laws On July 29
27 Jul 2020
The state cabinet on July 23 cleared an ordinance making changes in the labour laws which, unions argue, will take away social and legal protection of over 70% workers in the state.
Ronak Chhabra
Punjab Latest to Effect Labour Reforms; ‘Race to the Bottom’ in Labour Standards, Says Expert
18 Jul 2020
Sundar believes this will result in the creation of “regional labour markets”, which will lead to “a race to reach the bottom of labour standards” among the states.