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Anatomy of trade union: Collective bargaining, realising workers' strength

Since India is a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), it has to provide representation to the workers in various forums that involve tripartite discussions

Centre, states likely to review labour code rollout at December meet

Last year, a study released by a government agency - V V Giri National Labour Institute- had said that the rules framed by various states and UTs under the new labour codes have "too much" divergence

Toxic work culture and overwork: Why employee grievance redressal matters

Laws like the Shops and Establishment Act should be emphasised in employee induction programmes. Companies must also provide accessible grievance redress mechanisms

New labour codes set for rollout as 25 states finalise draft rules. Details

The remaining three states, including West Bengal, which had previously raised concerns about the codes, have now agreed to draft the necessary subordinate legislation to enforce them

Amazon hit with US labour board complaint over joint employment of drivers

The board had said in August that it had found merit to the union's claims that Amazon exerts control over BTS drivers

US labour board accuses Apple of imposing illegal workplace rules

The complaint accuses Apple of "interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of" their rights under federal labour law

US labour board accuses Amazon of illegally refusing to bargain with union

The NLRB in the complaint, which was issued on Monday, said Amazon broke the law by terminating its contract with BTS after the drivers unionized without first bargaining with the Teamsters

US labour board accuses Apple of imposing unlawful workplace rules

The complaint accuses Apple of "interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of" their rights under federal labor law

Samsung labour strike puts spotlight on politically-backed worker group

A strike of this scale - which impacts production - is not common in India's electronics industry

Air Canada urges govt to intervene as labour dispute with pilots grows

Canada's largest airline and business leaders on Thursday urged the federal government to intervene in labour talks with its pilots in hopes of avoiding a shutdown, but the labour minister said the two sides should negotiate a deal. Air Canada spokesman Christophe Hennebelle said that the airline is committed to negotiations, but it faces wage demands from the Air Line Pilots Association it can't meet. The issue is that we are faced with unreasonable wage demands that ALPA refuses to moderate, he said. The union representing 5,200 pilots says Air Canada continues to post record profits while expecting pilots to accept below-market compensation. The airline and its pilots have been in contract talks for more than a year. The pilots want to be paid wages competitive with their U.S. counterparts. The two sides will be in a position starting Sunday to issue a 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout. The airline has said the notice would trigger its three-day wind down plan and start the

Over 2,700 lawyers got assistance under AAP's insurance scheme: Atishi

Families of more than 200 deceased lawyers received financial assistance of over Rs 15 crore while more than 2,500 lawyers and their families availed the benefit of medical insurance under a scheme launched by Kejriwal government in 2019, Delhi Law Minister Atishi said on Saturday. The minister said that the AAP government has been fulfilling all responsibilities towards lawyers. Speaking at the 17th foundation day of Dwarka district court, Atishi said that the Kejriwal government is the first government in the country to give up to 200 units of free electricity to lawyers for their chambers . Under the chief minister advocate welfare scheme, the Kejriwal government gave term insurance of Rs 10 lakh and medical insurance of Rs 5 lakh to the lawyers. Till now, about 28,000 lawyers have enrolled in the chief minister advocate welfare scheme. This scheme proved to be very helpful for the lawyers during Corona, she shared. She said that in 2019, the Kejriwal government started the Chi

Female workforce, employee welfare to drive inclusive growth: Labour secy

Decriminalization of labour laws, increasing female workforce participation, social security, labour welfare will drive inclusive growth in the country, a senior government official said on Thursday. Secretary for Ministry of Labour & Employment Sumita Dawra made the remarks at an industry interaction organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Employers' Federation of India (EFI) in Bengaluru. In the session attended by 200 industry members, "Sumita Dawra...highlighted about the Ease of Living and Ease of Doing Business reforms introduced by the Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoI. She emphasised on decriminalization of labour laws, increasing female workforce participation, social security, labour welfare that will drive inclusive growth in India," a CII statement said. Dawra also mentioned on employment, an improving trend is evidenced by PLFS (Periodic Labour Force Survey) & KLEMS data, besides EPFO net subscribers have gone up by more than 6 crore since ..

Australian workers can legally ignore work calls now: Find out why

Australia introduces new 'Right to Disconnect' laws: Find out what it means for workers and employers

Fresh formal hirings face marginal decline in June, shows EPFO data

The data is signalling a slowdown in the formal labour market

Centre seeks legal path for labour codes amid state opposition: Report

The move comes amid West Bengal's hesitation to adopt the new labour codes which were introduced to improve the ease of doing business by the Centre

Centre plans to hold workshops for states on labour code sensitisation

West Bengal, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli are yet to formulate rules under any of the codes

Karnataka govt set to introduce draft Bill to protect gig workers' rights

The draft Bill will reportedly ensure protections such as grievance redressal and safeguards against unjust dismissal for gig workers in ride-hailing and delivery services

Govt looks to launch new index ranking states by their labour standards

The index is aimed to promote 'healthy competition' between states to improve labour welfare, productivity, social security coverage, and more

Labour reforms

Engagement with states will help

Boost enforcement mechanism to prevent child labour: Centre to states, UTs

The labour ministry asked states to make use of the online portal Platform For Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour for complaints