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Lok Sabha passes Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016

The Lok Sabha has unanimously passed the Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to reduce litigation in cases of disputes arising over compensation to workers. The Bill seeks to amend the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923. This law provides payment of compensation ..

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Rajasthan becomes first state to introduce minimum wages for part time workers

Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to introduce minimum wages for part time workers. In this regard, the Labour Department has issued a notification. With this, part time workers in the state now come under the Minimum ..

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Major Issues with Contract Labour (Regulation and Prohibition) Act (1970)

The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 was enacted to regulate the practice of contract labour to avoid exploitation of laborers. Section 10 of this act empowers the government to prohibit contract labour in certain situations at the discretion ..

Doubling the minimum wages

Rather than trying to curry favour with workers by raising wages, the government would do better to help industry grow to create more jobs. It is common sense that only when number of jobs exceed the number of workers that ..