Labour Laws
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Tamil Nadu withdraws law allowing 12-hour work days in factories
After workers’ unions protested, the law was put on hold just three days after it was passed.
Scroll Staff
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Tamil Nadu puts law permitting 12-hour work day at factories on hold
The amendment sparked protests from workers who feared that it would compromise proper working hours and expose them to exploitation.
Scroll Staff
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In 2021, will India see a rise in job creation under relaxed labour laws?
The labour codes are likely to reduce the overall job security as firms replace permanent workers with fixed-term workers.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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India’s new labour codes fail migrant workers whose vulnerability was highlighted by lockdown crisis
The systemic, structural reasons that precipitated their distress have been completely ignored.
Divya Varma, Kavya Bharadkar & Raghav Mehrotra
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Labour codes: Are protections for migrant workers migrating too?
The government’s attempt to amalgamate 44 labour laws into four comprehensive codes should have had a special focus on Indians employed in the informal sector.
Anirudh Chakradhar & Neha Mallick
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Why men should stop debating the right of women to take ‘period leave’
The time has come to seriously consider introducing a law that makes it mandatory for employers to grant women menstrual leave.
Abhishek Sudhir
Video
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Interview: Why removing labour laws won’t directly help Uttar Pradesh attract investors
India’s labour laws were restrictive. But dismantling them isn’t the same as simplifying them.
Shoaib Daniyal
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The need for labour reforms must not be conflated with complete deregulation
Using a sledgehammer to suspend the entire edifice of labour laws does not help.
Saurabh Bhattacharjee
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How India can create jobs and protect workers after its recent economic failures
Government data shows that economic growth in 2019-’20 will fall by 1.8 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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Why trade unions are pushing back against India’s proposed Industrial Relations Code
Ten central unions will protest the Code, which will replace three older labour laws, on January 8.
Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
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A Pune-based domestic worker’s visiting card went viral. Here’s what happened next
‘Ghar kaam maushi in Bavdhan, Pune. Aadhaar card verified.’
Sanaya Chandar, qz.com
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India has a new code to simplify law on minimum wages – but it doesn’t give workers any real benefit
It provides no guidelines to account for minimum consumption by households, despite Supreme Court rulings on this.
Anupama Kumar
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