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Covid-19: Govt tells companies to protect wages, not terminate workers

Companies may look to terminate the contract of workers 'on the pretext' of the Covid-19 or may force their employees to go on leave without pay

Few perks, lay off fears as India Inc steps up hiring of contract workers

The lower cost and easier termination may well be among the reasons that companies seek to have employees on contract

Settle contractual workers' unpaid dues in 5 weeks: Calcutta HC to BSNL

Workers under contractors for BSNL have not received their wages since December last year

Govt clears Code on Industrial Relations Bill; retrenchment norms not eased

Proposes to give legal backing to fixed-term employment

Contract workers may get gratuity before completing five years of service

Currently, workers are not entitled to gratuity before completing five years of continuous service, according to the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

Some 46,000 GM auto workers go on strike after contract talks hit roadblock

The move to strike, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired

Motown crisis: Contract workers bear the brunt of slowdown in auto sector

The second of a three-part series on auto sector crisis talks of how some allege that layoffs are to put pressure on the Centre to reduce GST

Govt to propose annual licence for hiring contract workers across projects

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar is likely to introduce the Code on Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions, 2019, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday

Govt to ensure firms do not convert employees into contract workers

Safeguards likely in framework for contract jobs

Contract workers: Govt to resolve tug of war between employers and unions

The present law suggests a firm cannot hire contract workers in jobs perennial in nature or round-the-clock