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Gig firm contributions towards staff social security to be mandatory soon

Code approved by Cabinet will also have provisions enabling self-employed workers to make voluntary contribution towards EPF schemes; Gig workers to enjoy ESIC benefits as well

Gangwar calls for total digitalisation of Labour Bureau to expand outreach

Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Thursday called for total digitalisation of the Labour Bureauto expand its outreach. The minister made the remarks while launching the new logo of the Labour Bureau, a wing of the labour ministry. Gangwar asked the Bureau to increase itsoutreach by way of total digitalisationof its processes and use of Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence in its day-to-day operations, a labour ministry statement said. He further said that to increase the Bureau's outreach, more regional offices will be opened in the country. The minister also said the century-old 44 Labour laws are being subsumed in four codes, out of this the Wage Code is already enacted and other three codes on Social Security, Industrial Relations & Occupational Safety and Health and Working Conditions have already been introduced in the Lok Sabha. Once these Codes are enacted, India's ranking on 'ease of doing business' will go very high and India will be a dream destination for

Citizens' right to minimum economic security

Look at UBI primarily as a means of relieving economic insecurity, not economic inequality

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Liquidity, labour and logistics are the key challenges: JSW Steel's Rao

Ensuring return of labour as important as sending them back home, says Seshagiri Rao

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Gujarat's labour law exemption Ordinance sent for President's assent

Companies set up within a year of the law coming into effect will be eligible for exemption from almost all the labour laws for 1,200 days

Licence to exploit

Ignoring the rights of a section of Indians - mostly in the unorganised sector - that conspicuously lack any agency is easy to do

Top 10 biz headlines: Auto firms to start operations, labour issue and more

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May Day brings little solace, as Indian workers stare at longer work hours

For the first time in one and a half centuries, workers will have to toil 72 hours a week in at least five states as govts try to restart production amid the nationwide lockdown

Unify the labour market

Time to end divisions between permanent and contract workers

Govt plans to implement all four labour codes in one go, likely in 2020

The government is yet to issue a separate order notifying the date of its implementation

Best of BS Opinion: Labour law reforms, economic slowdown, and more

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Reform by notification

Four labour codes take the reform process forward, but reliance on notifications in a few areas raises questions

Top headlines: Fadnavis quits, govt may overhaul labour laws, and more

From Devendra Fadnavis's resignation to CBDT retiring 21 more 'corrupt' tax officers, here are top ten headlines

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

Proposes to give legal backing to fixed-term employment

With Rs 178 as minimum wage, new Wage Code will push migrants into poverty

The landmark Code on Wages, which was passed on August 2, 2019, will have many consequences for the lives and livelihoods of millions of India's migrant workers who

Best of BS Opinion: Crypto ban not a good idea, labour law reforms & more

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Govt should ease law on firing workers, reform labour laws: Panagariya

He said the government's plan to introduce a single minimum wage across the country may hurt businesses in smaller towns

Centre proposes amendment in labour law to recognise central trade unions

The proposed Bill has provisions for recognising central TUs by various government departments, at both the central and state levels