New Delhi: The government is considering various strategies to ensure a nationwide rollout of the four labour codes even though some states and Union territories are yet to come out with draft rules under one or more of these codes.The ministry of labour and employment is considering several options including a gradual repeal of the … Read more
Union Budget 2024: India could announce a social security fund for the labourforce in the unorganised sector as well as gig and platform workers in the interim budget to be presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The fund, proposed in the Social Security Code, 2020, would be a step toward universal social … Read more
India witnessed a surge in formal job creation for women since 2018-19 with net new addition of female employees under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) more than doubling in the last five years as companies become more inclusive and move towards greater gender parity. The payroll data for EPFO showed net new addition of … Read more
Some of the issues that were discussed, included the following: the need to treat domestic workers with equality, dignity and respect. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT E MAIL Chenamma, who once worked as a domestic worker, is struggling to find work. “I feel healthy mentally and physically when I work. However, because I am old now, … Read more
Boston: HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals in the U.S. and Britain, says the personal data of about 11 million patients in 20 states may have been stolen in a data breach. Samples of the data, including addresses, phone numbers, emails and birth dates, were posted to an online forum popular with cybercrooks by a … Read more
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Boston: A digital attack on a Massachusetts-based healthcare organization may have compromised the personal information of as many as 2 million people, officials said. Shields Health Care Group Inc., which provides imaging and ambulatory surgical services at dozens of locations, said in a notice on its website Tuesday that data including names, Social Security numbers, … Read more
Over 25 crore informal sector workers involved in 400 different occupations have registered on the e-Shram portal, Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday. The government had estimated that informal sector workers are involved in 160 occupations. Replying to an oral supplementary on informal sector workers, Yadav said, “We have begun registration of unorganised sector … Read more
HOUSTON: A federal judge did not immediately rule Tuesday on a closely watched case over the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which confers limited protections on hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as children. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen set an early April deadline for lawyers on both … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jan 08, 2021) NEW DELHI: A one-man expert commission on labour, led by former civil servant C V Ananda Bose has recommended setting up a Labour Authority of India as a nodal body, instituting a basic minimum social security for workers and a basic living wage to be paid … Read more