Contract Workers

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'Suven alone has multiple engines of growth across all segments and a strong pipeline of Phase 3 and late Phase 2 molecules'

Odisha to regularise 57,000 contract employees, abolish contractual hirings

Abolishing contractual hirings for state government posts, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced that all 57,000 contract employees will be regularised. The decision, for which the state government will spend an additional Rs 1,300 crore per year, was taken at a Cabinet meeting on the eve of the chief minister's 76th birthday. The notification regarding it will be issued on Sunday, Patnaik said in a video message.

Employers favour administrative labour reforms over legislative ones

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

Delhi construction workers' woes continue despite uptick in registration

Delhi construction workers welfare board has registered around 6,400% increase in registrations but many remain aloof

'Gig hiring picks up ahead of festive season, led by e-commerce firms'

Ahead of the festive season, the demand for contract workers has witnessed a 66 per cent sequential growth during June mainly led by e-commerce companies, according to a report.

Contract workers of listed companies may soon have stock benefits

Sebi plans to tweak the definition of 'employee' by deleting permanent from it; to merge sweat equity rules

Centre notifies three labour codes subsuming 25 laws after President's nod

The new labour laws will be made effective by the government later

Govt to overhaul contract labour system, allow liberal hiring of workers

Contract workers are outside the purview of retrenchment or layoff and trade union laws, making such arrangements attractive to businesses.

No salary deduction for contractual staff during Covid-19 lockdown: Centre

All such workers will be deemed to be "on duty" during "such period of absence and necessary pay or wages would be paid," the order added

Covid-19: Govt tells companies to protect wages, not terminate workers

Companies may look to terminate the contract of workers 'on the pretext' of the Covid-19 or may force their employees to go on leave without pay

Few perks, lay off fears as India Inc steps up hiring of contract workers

The lower cost and easier termination may well be among the reasons that companies seek to have employees on contract

Settle contractual workers' unpaid dues in 5 weeks: Calcutta HC to BSNL

Workers under contractors for BSNL have not received their wages since December last year

Govt clears Code on Industrial Relations Bill; retrenchment norms not eased

Proposes to give legal backing to fixed-term employment

Contract workers may get gratuity before completing five years of service

Currently, workers are not entitled to gratuity before completing five years of continuous service, according to the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

Some 46,000 GM auto workers go on strike after contract talks hit roadblock

The move to strike, which the Wall Street Journal described as the first major stoppage at GM in more than a decade, came after the manufacturer's four-year contract with workers expired

Motown crisis: Contract workers bear the brunt of slowdown in auto sector

The second of a three-part series on auto sector crisis talks of how some allege that layoffs are to put pressure on the Centre to reduce GST

Govt to propose annual licence for hiring contract workers across projects

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar is likely to introduce the Code on Occupational Safety Health and Working Conditions, 2019, in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday

Govt to ensure firms do not convert employees into contract workers

Safeguards likely in framework for contract jobs

Contract workers: Govt to resolve tug of war between employers and unions

The present law suggests a firm cannot hire contract workers in jobs perennial in nature or round-the-clock