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

· May 01, 2023 · 01:54 pm

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

· Apr 25, 2023 · 02:03 pm

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

· Jan 05, 2021 · 09:30 pm

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

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Kavya Bharadkar

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Raghav Mehrotra

· Sep 27, 2020 · 07:30 am

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

· Sep 18, 2020 · 06:30 am

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

· Aug 21, 2020 · 07:30 am

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

· May 17, 2020 · 06:30 am

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

· May 11, 2020 · 09:42 am

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

· Jan 09, 2020 · 08:30 pm

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

· Jan 07, 2020 · 08:30 pm

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

· Nov 12, 2019 · 01:30 pm

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

· Oct 21, 2019 · 06:30 am