Labor
2019 edition of World Day Against Child Labour (WADCL)
The World Day Against Child Labour (WADCL) is observed every year on June 12 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. The day brings together governments, employers and ..
Tags: Child labour • Human behavior • Labor • Labour in India • World Day Against Child Labour
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 ..
Tags: Academic disciplines • Labor • Labor relations • minimum wage • National Minimum Wage Act
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 ..
Tags: Business ethics • Civil union • Industrial relations • Labor • Labor relations
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 ..
Tags: Employment • Full-time • Labor • Labor history • Labor relations
The International Domestic Workers Day (IDWD)
The International Domestic Workers Day (IDWD) is celebrated every year across the world on June 16 to assert the rights of this vast but hidden workforce. On this day in 2011, IDWD was declared to commemorate the adoption of International ..
Tags: Convention on Domestic Workers • Domestic work • Domestic worker • International labour law • International Labour Organization
2018 World Day against Child Labour
The World Day against Child Labour is observed every year on June 12 to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them.. The 2018 theme ‘Generation Safe & Healthy’ points a finger at the ..
Tags: Child labour • Childhood • Human behavior • Human trafficking • Labor