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Russian Lower House adopts law criminalising refusal to hire pre-retirement age persons

The Lower House of the Russian Parliament (State Duma) on Tuesday adopted a law on criminal liability for employers over refusal to hire persons of the pre-retirement age.The explanatory note points out that the law is aimed at reaching the target indicators of the Strategy for the Long-Term Development of the Pension System in line with the Russian pension legislation.Citizens of pre-retirement age are people who are eligible to receive pension payments within five years of their current age. The law is adopted as part of the ongoing changes in the Russian pension legislation, which includes raising the retirement age from 60 to 65 years for men and from 55 to 60 years for women.

Job addition soars to 11-month high of nearly 14 lakh in July: CSO report

Employment generation increased in July to 11-month high of nearly 14 lakh, taking the total tally of new subscribers with Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to 1.34 crore since September 2017, according to a Central Statistics Office report (CSO). As many as 13.97 lakh new members joined the health insurance scheme run by the ESIC in July this year, which is the highest in any month since September 2017, a report of the CSO said The report is based on the enrolment under social security scheme run by ESIC, Employment Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). However, the data indicates that the total number of insured persons or enrolled workers with ESIC as in July this year were 2.77 crore, slightly less than 2.95 crore in September 2017. The Employment State Insurance Act, 1948 is applicable to establishments employing 10 or more workers. For health and medical institutions, the threshold limit is more than 20 ...

Raj transport workers' strike enters ninth day

The Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) employees' strike entered the ninth day Tuesday. In a bid to intensify the strike, family members of the protesting employees have lent their support to the stir. Nearly 16,000 roadways employees from 52 depots in the state have been on strike for the past nine days. Passengers continued to face hard times on Tuesday as 4,700 buses remained off the roads. The employees have been protesting since September 7 demanding the government implement the seventh pay commission recommendations, lift the ban on recruitment for 8,000 vacant posts in roadways, and replacement of 1,000 buses which have run 8 lakh kilometers. As of now, the government has not taken steps to hold talks with the employees, Kishan Singh Rathore, general secretary of Rajasthan Roadways Workers Union (CIT) told PTI. Nearly 650 people, including 300 women and children, participated in the protests at Sindhi Camp Bus Stand today, Rathore said. He said various employees

India tops talent migration into Singapore

Singapore, Sep 25 (ANI): In a report published earlier in September by LinkedIn Talent Solutions, titled "Emerging Jobs: Singapore", the talent that moved from India feature prominently in 4 of the top 5 fastest growing jobs in the country.Singapore is a densely populated city-island of about 600 square kilometres or roughly two-and-half times smaller than the National Capital Territory of Delhi, with a population of about 5.6 million. Out of that, 3.5 million are citizens and about half a million are permanent residents. Singapore is grappling with declining birth-rates amongst citizens and their inability to replace themselves. As a result, it requires foreign workers in areas where it is lacking to continue to sustain its economic development as well as maintain its attractiveness to investors, its vibrancy and position as a global financial and innovation hub.Mr Ong Ye Kung, Singapore's Education Minister said in a Bloomberg interview published last week that Singapore, with an ...

UK's Labour plans to make companies give shares to workers

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Large companies would be forced to transfer as much as 10 percent of their shares to their workers under plans set out by Britain's opposition Labour Party on Monday.

Workers at India Yamaha Motor, Eicher Motors and others on strike

About 750 workers at the Japanese two wheeler maker India Yamaha Motor's plant near here are on strike protesting the dismissal of two office bearers of their union, said an official of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) here.

BJP strike call: No leave for Bengal government employees on Wednesday

Countering the 12-hour strike called by the BJP on Wednesday across the state, the West Bengal government on Monday said its offices would remain open and no leave would be granted to any of its employees on that day.

Microsoft, DSCI launch programme to skill women in cybersecurity

Microsoft India on Monday partnered with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) to launch a programme aimed at fostering talent and building a pool of women cybersecurity professionals in the country.

UK Labour calls for worker ownership, nationalisations

Britain's main opposition Labour Party on Monday called for mass nationalisation and a new scheme to give workers a share of company dividends that was dismissed by big business. At the party's annual conference, shadow finance minister John McDonnell outlined plans to renationalise water, rail, energy and mail services within five years. "People have just had enough of being ripped off by privatisation," McDonnell told delegates to thundering applause. Many Britons are dissatisfied with services provided by privatised companies, including frequent train delays, technical problems and ever-increasing bills for water. "Public ownership has proved its popularity in opinion poll after opinion poll," he said. McDonnell also outlined plans for companies in Britain with 250 or more employees to hand over up to 10-percent of their equity for a special fund that would pay out dividends to workers and give them a greater role in shaping company strategy. The dividends would be capped at pounds

Pay in manufacturing 5.2% higher than India's median salary

Manufacturing has been the second highest-earning sector in India in 2017, and remained the only other sector besides IT that paid median gross salary of above Rs 200 per hour, according to a report. At Rs 230.9 per hour, manufacturing is the only sector among the eight to see an increase of 9 per cent in median gross hourly salary, according to the 'Monster Salary Index' (MSI) report for the manufacturing sector. The median gross salary in the manufacturing sector in 2017, at Rs 230.9 per hour, is 5.2 per cent more than the overall median gross salary of the country, which is Rs 219.4 per hour, it added. The report is based on the WageIndicator dataset covering the period of three years, from January 2015 to December 2017, of 20,994 respondents. In addition to the manufacturing sector, the report studied construction and technical consultancy, education, research, healthcare, caring services and social work, legal and market consultancy and transport, logistics and ...

'People's inclination to govt jobs leading to rise in job rackets'

With at least six job rackets busted in the national capital in the last two months by the Delhi Police's crime branch, a senior cop has said it reflects the current "job scenario" in the country and people's propensity to government jobs. People who are behind these scams are unemployed as well and the ones who get duped also have no employment, the officer with crime branch said. "And they want government job which has job security and pension." A senior police officer with the Crime Branch said their unit has solved at least six cases of job rackets in the last two months itself. "The main reason behind such job scams is the rate of unemployment. It can be called a reflection of the current job scenario. There is a large workforce looking for jobs and when an opportunity arises, they just go for it without thinking," the police officer said. Recently, a job racket was busted by the Crime Branch wherein several youngsters were duped on the pretext of getting them jobs as Assistant ..

Contingent workforce continues to thrive in Asia Pacific: Report

Companies in the Asia Pacific region including India are integrating freelancers, independent contractors and consultants at a rapid rate into their existing pool of employees, says a report. According to a KellyOCG's Workforce Agility Barometer report, one in four C-suite leaders in Asia-Pacific reported that contingent workers made up more than 30 per cent of their overall workforce, a 13 per cent increase from the last year. The study was based on an online survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of KellyOCG. It covered over 200 C-suite level executives from industries such as banking and financial services, life sciences, healthcare and medical services, manufacturing and production, and education, across Singapore, Australia, India and Malaysia. Contingent workforce are those who are hired by an organisation on an on-demand basis and are not full-time employees of the organisation. They consist of freelancers, independent contractors, micropreneurs, small-business owners and ...

India made significant advancement to eliminate worst forms of child labour in 2017: US

India is among the only 14 countries to have made significant advancement in efforts to eliminate child labour in 2017, an official US report said Saturday. "In 2017, India made a significant advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour," the US Department of Labor said in its annual 'Child Labour and Forced Labour' report. It said the Findings on the 'Worst Forms of Child Labour', mandated by the Trade and Development Act of 2000, is the most comprehensive research product on the state of child labour worldwide. This year, the report uses more stringent criteria to assess the efforts of 132 countries and territories to address child labour, the report added. "Only 14 countries including Colombia, Paraguay, and India met the new criteria for "Significant Advancement", which this year requires specific legal and policy labour standards to be met," it said. The Department of Labor said the Indian government ratified both ILO Convention 182 and Convention 138 and

2 injured in firing, friend claims employer attacked them

Two men were shot and wounded by their employer's relative, a friend of the victims said on Friday. However, police said that they were wounded in a shootout.

Australian mining's macho image worsens pain of labour shortage

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - When the song "Eagle Rock" played at a bar in an outback Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie late one night, a dozen young men scattered around a pool table dropped their trousers and heartily sang along in their underwear.

Infosys to open Technology and Innovation Hub in Arizona

This announcement reinforces Infosys' May 2017 commitment to open Technology and Innovation Hubs in the United States and hire 10,000 American workers. To date, Infosys has hired 5,874 American workers against this commitment.

Infosys to open technology, innovation hub in Arizona; hire 1,000 people by 2023

India's second largest IT services major Infosys Friday said it will open its next Technology and Innovation Hub in Arizona, US and hire 1,000 American workers in the state by 2023. Last year, Infosys had announced setting up of four such hubs and hiring about 10,000 locals in the US over the next two years. To date, Infosys has hired 5,874 American workers against this commitment. "The Arizona Technology and Innovation Hub will have a special focus on autonomous technologies, Internet of Things (IOT), full-stack engineering, data science and cyber security," Infosys said in a statement. Infosys has so far opened two of these Technology and Innovation Hubs in Indianapolis, Indiana and Raleigh, North Carolina. Infosys has also announced an additional Technology and Innovation Hub in Hartford, Connecticut and a unique Design and Innovation Hub in Providence, Rhode Island. Infosys, like many of its peers, has been ramping local hiring in key markets like the US, the UK and Australia to ..

We don't want government alms, make us permanent employees: Delhi Anganwadi association

A day after the Union Cabinet approved honorariums for Anganwadi workers and helpers, an association of Delhi state Aanganwadi rejected the hike saying they do not want the government's alms and asked the government to recognise them as permanent workers. Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association President Shivani Kaul said they would boycott the upcoming general election if they are not given assurance in writing that they would be made permanent staff. "We do not want the government's bheekh (alms). The campaign promise of the BJP was to give us the status of permanent employee. We want that in written by all political parties and if we are not given it, we would boycott the 2019 general elections," Kaul said. She said Delhi State Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association has a total strength of around 13,000 members. She also claimed that out of 22 NGOs that have been tasked with providing food to Anganwadis, about four have been blacklisted from providing midday meal ..

Karnataka CM to meet public once a month

Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy would meet the public at his home-office in the city centre only once in a month, instead every week, an official said on Thursday.

Deb seeks central help to pay employees at par with 7th CPC

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has sought special assistance of Rs 1500 crore from the Centre to offer salary to government employees at par with the recommendations of 7th central pay commission, an official said on Thursday. Deb, who is currently in New Delhi, met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday and sought the assistance for two lakh employees and pensioners of the state, said officer on special duty to the chief ministers secretariat Sanjoy Mishra here. Deb said the union finance minister had taken the matter positively. The previous government, he said, had left a burden of Rs 1200 crore as loan making it difficult to carry forward the development projects and meet the peoples aspirations. Deb also sought Jaitleys intervention to ensure speedy release of Rs 358.70 crore to complete 81 ongoing projects. Jaitley assured him that he would look into the matter.