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Anoop Satpathy committee on “Determining Methodology for Fixation of National Minimum Wage” submitted its report recently

The expert committee under the Chairmanship Dr Anoop Satpathy has recently submitted its report on “Determining the Methodology for Fixation of the National Minimum Wage” to the Government of India (GoI). The report has recommended to fix the need based national minimum wage for India at INR 375 per day (or INR 9,750 per month) ..

Topics: Academic disciplines • Economy • Labor • Labor relations • minimum wage • National Minimum Wage Act • NMW

Sikkim is set to become first Indian state to roll out Universal Basic Income (UBI)

The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) ruled government has recently decided to include UBI in its manifesto ahead of 2019 state assembly polls and aims to implement the scheme by 2022. If everything goes according to the plan, it will be the Indian first state to roll out UBI scheme aimed at providing a fixed monthly ..

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Basic income • Basic income in India • Economy • Income distribution • Labor relations • Market socialism • Politics • Social Security • Ubi

Union Cabinet approves amendment to Tade Unions Act of 1926

The Union Cabinet has recently approved amendment to the Trade Unions Act of 1926 to make provisions regarding Recognition of Trade Unions. The amendment provides for insertion of section 10A in the principal Act to power centre and state governments to recognize trade unions and federation of Trade Unions at Central as well as State ..

Topics: Business ethics • Civil union • Industrial relations • Labor • Labor relations • Trade union

India world’s most hardest working country

As per culture study survey by US-based multi-national workforce management firm Kronos Incorporated, India leads the way as the world’s hardest working country with 69% of full-time employees are happy with 5-day workweek. Indians stated that they would work five days a week even if they had the option to work fewer days for the ..

Topics: Employment • Full-time • Labor • Labor history • Labor relations • Labor rights • Overtime • Wages and salaries • Work • Working time • Workweek and weekend

Code of Wages Bill, 2017

The Union Government as part of labour law reforms has undertaken drive to rationalize 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code Code on Industrial Relations, Code on Social Security and Code on occupational safety, Health and working conditions. The Code on Wages Bill 2017 has been introduced in Lok ..

Topics: Economy • Employee relations • Human activities • Income distribution • Labor relations • Labour law • minimum wage • Minimum wage law • Minimum Wages Act • Wage • Wages and salaries

Core Labor Standards

The Core Labor Standards are a set of four fundamental, universal and individual human rights set out in eight Fundamental International Labor organization human rights conventions.The standards are among the most widely ratified ILO (international labor organization) conventions. With the 1998 ILO “Declaration of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work” this universal obligation now ..

Topics: Collective bargaining • Declaration of Philadelphia • Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work • Human rights • Human rights instruments • International labour law • International Labour Organization • Labor relations • Labour law • Rights • United Nations Development Group