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Bengal set to finalise minimum wage for tea workers
In a bid to fix minimum wages for tea workers in West Bengal, the state government is set to place a basic structure of it in the ensuing tripartite meeting, scheduled to be held on July 17, an official said on Friday.
Plan to clean Maharashtra forts under MNREGA, EGS: Minister
Forts in Maharashtra will be cleaned through the MNREGA and the state's Employment Guarantee Scheme in association with the Archaeology department, Tourism and Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister Jaykumar Rawal said today. He said that the special campaign would generate employment and also encourage tourism. The government resolution in this regard would be issued soon, Rawal said. He chaired a meeting of senior officials, including Tourism department principal secretary Nitin Gadre, Employment Guarantee Scheme department secretary Eknath Davle, MNREGA commissioner ASR Naik, state Archaeology department director Tejas Garge and tourism deputy secretary Sanjay Bhandarkar, here today. Rawal said that the forts would be cleaned in about 100 days, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, as part of the campaign and trees would be planted as well as ponds cleaned to beautify these forts. The state has about 450 forts.
Labour Ministry finalises Code on Industrial Relations, to seek Cabinet approval
The Labour Ministry has finalised the Code on Industrial Relations (IR), one of the four codes being framed by consolidating over 44 labour laws, and will soon put before the Cabinet for approval, a top official said today. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has been taking steps for simplification, amalgamation and rationalisation of 44 central labour laws into four major labour codes -- Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code of Social Security, and Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions. "The Code on Industrial Relations is ready and has already being presented to the Law Ministry. Now it is going for the cabinet," Labour Secretary Heeralal Samariya said at a seminar on consolidation of labour laws organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Samariya said the Code on Wage has already been presented in the Lok Sabha and has gone to the Standing Committee of the Parliament for further deliberations. The Code on Social Security and the Code on ..
Disaster management training kills Coimbatore student
A 19-year-old student was killed during a disaster management training session at a college in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district, police said on Friday.
Japan firms used foreign trainees at Fukushima cleanup: reports
Four Japanese companies made foreign trainees in the country to learn professional skills take part in decontamination work after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, local media said today. The reports cited a Justice Ministry investigation, but the ministry declined immediate comment. The reports are likely to revive criticism of the foreign trainee programme, which has been accused of placing workers in substandard conditions and jobs that provide few opportunities for learning. The misconduct was uncovered in a probe by the justice ministry conducted after a Vietnamese trainee was found in March to have participated in cleanup work in Fukushima, public broadcaster NHK said. A powerful earthquake in March 2011 spawned a huge tsunami that led to meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing the world's worst such accident since Chernobyl in 1986. The justice ministry said after the March discovery that decontamination work was not appropriate for foreign trainees. It was not ...
Workshop on stress management for ministry employees
In an unique initiative, Union minister Vijay Goel is organising a workshop on stress management through smile and sujok therapy for central government employees. Goel, who is the minister of state of Statistics and Programme Implementation Ministry, is organising this workshop for employees of his ministry. It will be attended by about 550 people and experts from various fields are being invited to conduct this workshop, Goel said in a statement. The objective behind this initiative is to make the employees more efficient by engaging them in yoga, smile and sujok therapy, he said, adding that later a similar workshop will also be organised for the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats employees. There are plans to organise a similar workshop separately for employees of all Union ministries.
Ex-BJP leader flays Raje govt over rising unemployment
Former BJP leader and chief of newly founded Bharat Vahini Party Ghanshyam Tiwari today lashed out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje for ignoring the grave issue of rising unemployment in the state. Accusing the state government of wasting money on beautification of river Dravyavati, organising 'Resurgent Rajasthan' and the Jaipur Metro Rail project, Tiwari dared Raje to reveal the number of jobs created during her tenure. State government might have patted its back for spending people's hard earned money in the name of development and providing employment, but the result is 'Zero", Tiwari said in a statement. Rajasthan was ranked 9th in 'Ease of doing business' ranking and for the third consecutive year, the state performed poorly in the national ranking released by Union Ministry of Commerce, he said. The former BJP leader also took a dig at Raje's 'Suraj Gaurav Yatra' which begins from August 1 to highlight the work done by her government. Tiwari asked the chief minister ..
The Weinstein Company fires 20 employees ahead bankruptcy sale
Ahead of its USD 289 million bankruptcy sale to Lantern Capital, The Weinstein Company (TWC) is sacking more than 20 of its employees. A source told Variety, the PR, marketing, and distribution departments of the TWC are seeing the cuts. The company had been losing employees since the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal broke last October - the number has reduced to less than 70 this week from 140 staffers. The layoffs represent nearly a third of the remaining workforce. Technically, the entire Weinstein Co staff is being terminated. About two-thirds of the staff are being offered jobs with the new company, Lantern Entertainment. The employees who are leaving will be paid through Friday, with no severance beyond that. During a town hall meeting at the Weinstein Co offices on last month, Lantern Entertainment co-presidents Andy Mitchell and Milos Brajovic hinted that jobs would be cut. Mitchell and Brajovic indicated that employees might have to reapply for their jobs. Employees
Weinstein Co. lays off more than 20 employees
The Weinstein Co. is laying off more than 20 employees on Wednesday, two days before it closes its $289 million bankruptcy sale to Lantern Capital.
DTC staff to train for low-floor bus maintenance
In order to make Delhi Transport Corporation self-reliant in maintaining its fleet of low-floor buses, manufacturers Ashok Leyland, TATA and JBM will train DTC Workshop employees, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Wednesday.
DGFASLI, GMB ink MoU for occupational safety, health of workers
Factory inspection body DGFASLI under the labour ministry and Gujarat Maritime Board today inked a pact to improve working conditions in the ship recycling industry, especially in training of workers and supervisors of recycling units in Alang, Gujarat. The Directorate General Factory Advice Service & Labour Institutes and GMB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here today in the presence of Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar and Minister of State for Shipping Mansuksh Mandaviya, a labour ministry statement said. Gangwar expressed hope that the activities under the MOU will bring positive changes in working of ship recycling industry and will improve safety and health of the workers and supervisors who are employed in large number in Alang. Mandaviya highlighted the importance of ship recycling industry, which provides employment to more than 25,000 workers and reduces about 80% rollable steel. He emphasised the importance of safety & health of workers and ...
U.S. job quits rate hits 17-year high; labor market tightening
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More American workers voluntarily quit their jobs in May, government data showed on Tuesday, a sign of confidence in the labor market that economists say will soon boost wage growth.
MSME sector has huge scope of job creation, govt will support it: UP CM
Underlining the immense potential of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in employment generation, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said the state government will provide all possible help to the MSME units. Addressing a programme here, Adityanath said, "To boost the MSME sector, a separate policy has been implemented. Sector-wise policies have also been implemented. The UP government has implemented special scheme focussing on the MSMEs -- 'one district, one product'. A large-scale programme related to this scheme will be held next month." Highlighting advantages of MSME sector, Adityanath said, "In the MSME sector, large number of employment opportunities are created with use of relatively less capital. Seeing the employment generating potential of this sector, the state government will link ODOP with the Central and state schemes, and make efforts to make 2 crore youth self-reliant through self-employment." The UP Chief Minister also said, "On July 14, .
I&B Ministry seeks data on job creation from 10 ministries
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has written to 10 ministries, including the Labour Ministry, seeking data on employment generated in various sectors under them, official sources said. They said the ministry has sought the details ostensibly to counter allegations by the opposition parities that the NDA government has failed to generate employment. The I & B Ministry is collating this data as part of its efforts to highlight, during Independence Day celebrations next month, that the promises made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his previous four I-Day speeches have been fulfilled, they said. The data collected would be projected by the I & B Ministry through various mediums such as Bureau of Outreach and Communication (BOC), Doordarshan, press releases, and monthly magazines Yojana and Kurukshetra, the sources said. The ministries of food processing industries, labour, and micro, small and medium enterprises, are among the 10 ministries that have been asked to ..
Tea planters urge unions not to disrupt operations in Bengal
Amid ongoing agitation in tea gardens of Dooars and Terai in West Bengal, planters on Tuesday appealed to workers' unions not to resort to disruptive activities while discussions on minimum wages are on.
ITA concerned over labour union stir as June production dips
Indian Tea Association (ITA), the apex body of tea planters, today expressed concern over the continuing stir by the labour unions in Dooars and Terai region of North Bengal, saying it was hampering production. The stir, ITA said, started from July 2 and was still continuing with participation from 28-odd labour unions of North Bengal including that of the ruling Trinamool Congress. ITA Chairman Azam Monem said that the wages of the workers of the tea industry had been historically determined through negotiations with the unions and the last agreement to this effect was signed on April 1, 2014 for three years and has since expired. "Now, the industry is moving towards the minimum wages norms for settlements which is yet to be finalised in both the states of West Bengal and Assam," he told reporters here today. Meanwhile, the industry had given two rounds of interim relief to the workers in West Bengal, taking the daily cash component to Rs 159, pending finalisation of ...
Aiming to close gap between manpower demand, supply in beauty industry: Vandana Luthra
Entrepreneur Vandana Luthra, founder of beauty and wellness conglomerate VLCC Health Care Ltd, says through her training institute, she hopes the gap between demand and supply of manpower in the growing beauty industry is reduced with skilled people.
India needs to reskill workforce for AI: Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan (IANS Interview)
With new technologies disrupting businesses and changing the rules of engagement, India faces a daunting task to reskill its huge workforce for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan says.
Sushma condoles death of Indian student in US
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday expressed her condolences to the family of a 26-year-old student hailing from Telangana who was shot dead in the US state of Missouri.
Calm, composed candidates less favoured in job interviews: Study
People who appear calm and collected during a job interview may be at a disadvantage, according to a Stanford study which found that employers are more likely to favour excited candidates. People's behaviour can be influenced by the emotional states they value and want to feel. It is how a person wants others to see them, even if they might not feel that way, like trying to appear at ease at a job interview. However, prior research studies show that emotions people value, and in turn display, vary across culture. These cultural differences may influence candidates and their hiring managers on job interviews. "Given how diverse our workforce is and how global our markets are, it's important to understand how culture might influence emotional preferences in employment settings," said Jeanne Tsai from Stanford University in the US. The researchers conducted five studies that included a total of 1,041 participants in five different workplace scenarios. In four of the studies, the scholars