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India's gig workers hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic, finds survey

This survey of 770 ride-sharing drivers, delivery workers, and housecleaners using digital platforms was conducted in August 2020, as Covid-19 cases were surging across in India

Social democracy and capitalism: The fraught link

Different people mean different things when they talk of social democracy and its somewhat close kin, democratic socialism

Govt defends easing retrenchment norms, says it won't be 'hire and fire'

Defends move to have fixed-term employment, insists present system of hiring workers through contractors is exploitative

EPFO settles 9.4 mn claims of formal sector workers since Covid-19 outbreak

The partial EPF withdrawal by private sector workers doubled during this period compared to last year

Mobile workers to make 60% of total US workforce by 2024, says IDC

The US mobile worker population will grow at a steady rate over the next four years, accounting for nearly 60 per cent of the total workforce, a new IDC report said on Tuesday.

'Invisible hands': How millions of domestic workers fare under Covid-19

Most domestic work is informal, leaving workers vulnerable, especially in times of crisis like Covid-19

Few sanitation workers getting training, info on health checkups: Survey

Sanitation workers and rag-pickers face risk from the handling of unmarked medical waste emerging from homes where Covid-19 patients are quarantined

UK lawmakers, retailers call for action against exploiting garment workers

The letter was published following media reports of workers being paid below the UK minimum wage

HR dept has its work cut out as companies manage layoffs, work from home

Inducting new employees virtually and deciding about earned leave: HR managers have lots of decisions to make.

Covid-19 scare: Deaths at work raise questions over compensation

Without laws specific to the pandemic, compensation is left to the discretion of companies

India coronavirus dispatch: Rethinking housing scene for workers post Covid

Scientists warn of potential Covid-linked brain damage, how fever clinics are faring, and has Delhi crossed its peak?-a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

Another Covid-19 wave can result in loss of 340 million jobs: ILO

The number of working hours lost across the world in the first half of 2020 was significantly worse than previously estimated.

Labour laws are not the reason hindering India's rapid industrialisation

Even in India, labour problem is low down on an entrepreneur's wish list. Corruption of labour inspector is quoted as a reason.

Without cash support, middle class will become the new poor, warns Rahul

He cited a Business Standard report about the plight of retrenched workers of a private company, who were staring at a long battle ahead.

Frontline Covid-19 workers should be encouraged, not ostracised: Bombay HC

The state government had opposed the plea saying the petitioner should be more sensitive towards the essential workers who are engaged in combating the pandemic

22% workers lost jobs due to Covid-19 lockdown in northern states: Survey

Based on analysis of data from 510 responses, the study revealed a devastating impact of lockdown 1.0 on employment scenario in the surveyed states

Unemployment rate falls to 5.8% in 2018-19 from over a four-decade high

The unemployment rate in 2017-18 had risen to 6.1%, compared to 2.2% in 2011-12, according to the results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey released by the National Statistical Office.

The indignity of labour laws

Suspending the entire labour law as some states have tried is not sustainable

Dismantling of labour laws will take away workers' protection, says Ex-CEA

India's January-March GDP growth sank to 3.1 per cent, a low not seen in at least 17 years

Shramik trains: Rlys appeal to people with comorbidities to avoid travel

At least nine passengers were reported dead on May 27 over a span of 48 hours on board the migrant trains, with the railways stating that all of them had health conditions.