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Labour Laws

Tamil Nadu puts law permitting 12-hour work day at factories on hold

Scroll Staff
· Apr 25, 2023 · 02:03 pm
Qatar evicts thousands of migrant workers ahead of football World Cup

Scroll Staff
· Oct 30, 2022 · 08:23 pm
South Asia’s hazardous ship recycling industry must transition to a more sustainable future

Afsana Rubaiyat, Dhaka Tribune
· Jun 06, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Ease of doing business has actually meant ease of violations – at the cost of workers’ lives

Maya John
· May 30, 2022 · 07:30 am
Interview: ‘India should prioritise employment generation in its macroeconomic policy’

Shreehari Paliath, IndiaSpend.com
· May 03, 2022 · 07:30 pm
Bharat Bandh: Banks, transport services disrupted as trade unions begin two-day countrywide strike

Scroll Staff
· Mar 28, 2022 · 10:53 am
Indian government stood by as migrant workers were denied wages during the pandemic

Yamuna Matheswaran
· Aug 02, 2021 · 07:30 pm
How India’s trade deal with the European Union could improve labour and environmental protections

Siddharth S Aatreya
· Jun 09, 2021 · 07:30 am
In India’s informal economy, crores of women face gender bias and insecurity

Shalini Singh, IndiaSpend.com
· Apr 05, 2021 · 01:30 pm
New labour codes to allow 4-day work week, says Centre

Scroll Staff
· Feb 09, 2021 · 02:51 pm
How caste oppression is institutionalised in India’s sanitation jobs

Shruti I Madhurima Majumdar
· Jan 29, 2021 · 07:30 am
Ten central trade unions observe Bharat bandh today; banks, transport services affected

Scroll Staff
· Nov 26, 2020 · 11:13 am
SC quashes Gujarat order to extend work hours without extra pay, says Covid-19 not public emergency

Scroll Staff
· Oct 01, 2020 · 12:27 pm
Farm bills protest: Opposition lying to farmers, ‘shooting from their shoulders’, says PM Modi

Scroll Staff
· Sep 25, 2020 · 12:56 pm
Why the new labour codes leave India’s workers even more precariously poised than before

Working People’s Charter
· Sep 23, 2020 · 04:24 pm
Centre may allow firms with up to 300 workers to terminate services without its permission

Scroll Staff
· Sep 20, 2020 · 01:26 pm
In Indian cities, home-based workers are being paid Rs 15 for a day’s work since the lockdown

Cenny Thomas, IndiaSpend.com Nivedita Jayaram, IndiaSpend.com
· Jul 28, 2020 · 07:30 pm
Can India’s international labour recruitment agencies bounce back from coronavirus-induced losses?

Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com Varun Aggarwal, IndiaSpend.com
· Jul 17, 2020 · 07:30 pm
The reasons behind the boiler blast at Neyveli power plant in Tamil Nadu

Sibi Arasu
· Jul 10, 2020 · 01:30 pm
Covid-19: SC says no coercive action against firms for non-payment of wages, calls for negotiations

Scroll Staff
· Jun 12, 2020 · 12:23 pm