Contractual Workers

But headcount of regular employees has continued to decline in FY22

Contractors aren't being notified at all, they're just losing access to Slack and email. Managers figured it out when their workers just disappeared from the system, tweeted Platformer's Casey Newton

The Rajasthan government has revised the pay scale of more than 31,000 contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants, education workers and para teachers, Education Minister B D Kalla said. They will now get salary based on the length of their service period. "The pay scale of contractual workers, gram panchayat assistants, education workers and para teachers -- whose estimated number is 31,473 -- has been revised. They will now get a salary of Rs 18,500 after nine years of service and Rs 32,000 after 18 years of service," Kalla said in a tweet on Friday. He also shared a copy of the official order dated October 21. According to the order, these posts have been brought under the purview of 'Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Post Rules'. The designations of education workers, para teachers and gram panchayat assistants have been changed. Former minister and Congress legislator Harish Chaudhary dubbed the announcement a "Diwali gift" for the people from the state government. W

As a result, the ratio of temporary, contract and casual jobs as a proportion of the total workforce is at its lowest in at least five years

Report reveals that just 20% of fixed-term employment contracts are renewed

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann said his government is committed to regularise temporary and contractual employees

One reason why the govt and associate entities are exploring contractual employment obviously is cost, and the other is productivity, notes T N Ninan

While the tribe of contractual workers is growing rapidly, many of the challenges they have been facing remain unaddressed

The Delhi government has asked the heads of all departments under it to ensure contractual or outsourced workers are paid bonus by their contractors during the ongoing festive season, officials said

Odisha government Monday decided to increase the remuneration of contractual government employees by 50 per cent and henceforth refer to them as Initial appointees

Growth to be led by demand for contractual staff, advanced technology skills

Lessons from the controversy over unpaid workers

Availability of jobs at India's auto companies has shrunk significantly over the last two years, as the industry goes through one of its worst slowdowns

Agitators have kept about 10 small and four large exchanges under lock and key, and they are also threatening permanent BSNL employees at several locations in eight of its clusters

The migrant workers' crisis is also the tra­gedy of contract workers, who have been growing in numbers over the years

It further said that the period of extension (three and six months) may be decided based on the specific circumstances of the case and the period for which performance was affected

Recognition of trade unions for collective bargaining no longer possible for key industrial sectors

The national carrier has already cut the allowances of all employees, except cabin crew, by 10 per cent for the next three months

"Maximum payment which may be made shall be limited to 70 per cent of the contract value for contracts awarded on lump sum basis," the order stated.

Industry data suggests the market size for engineering opportunities in the data centre space is $2.7 bn and expected to be $4 bn by 2024