Page 5 - Labour Market

Covid-19 impact: 6 months on, migrants caught between hope and despair

Lockdown bruises still fresh in their minds, it's now a fight for survival

US weekly jobless claims fall below 1 mn for the first time in Covid-19 era

President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order, including extending the supplement, though he reduced the weekly payout to $400

Export order books improving, but labour shortage still an issue: Exporters

Exporters associations say orders are coming but there is a problem in boosting production as workers stay away in coronavirus pandemic

Singapore's jobless rate jumps in Q2, nearing financial crisis peak

The overall unemployment rate climbed from 2.4% in the first quarter, moving within sight of a 3.4% peak hit during the global financial crisis of 2009

Rethinking work, home and office

Working from home will reshape the labour market and the real estate market

US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rise as labour market takes step back

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 109,000 to a seasonally adjusted 1.416 million for the week ended July 18.

Covid-19 has plunged working world into 'unprecedented crisis': ILO

The outlook for the global labour market in the second half of 2020 is "highly uncertain" and the forecast recovery will not be enough for employment to return to pre-Covid levels this year, ILO said

Signs of fatigue in labour recovery

Data shows the worst is over and we are likely to settle at an unemployment rate which would be only slightly higher than the rates witnessed before the lockdown

How three MSMEs turned the coronavirus challenge into an opportunity

Many people running MSMEs fear that the support offered by the government might not be enough, while many others are tweaking their business models - basically trying to do more with less

India Inc woos labourers with healthcare, hostels to get them back at work

Companies to offer better hostel, health, insurance facilities for migrant workers

Need permanent changes, policy predictability and flexibility: Mukesh Aghi

President, CEO at US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, Mukesh Aghi says that India needs a transparent policy environment

Export contraction in April could surpass March's steep 25-year decline

Major forex earning sectors cite lack of labour, funds and key supplies

Covid-19 is unravelling the intolerable dichotomy of India's labour market

There was a time when pay cuts we see today were a complete no-no; govt and public sector jobs were considered safe, as pay and pensions were both assured. Not any longer, it seems, writes T N Ninan

7 ways to revive India's labour market and livelihoods in post-Covid world

It is important to plan how to deal with the economic fallout and rebuild a more inclusive economy in a post-Covid-19 world, and much of that hinges on how we revive labour markets and livelihoods

The job protection diktat

Govt must pay for a part of the wage cost

Coronavirus impact: Labour shortage making trucks line up at APMCs

The market that feeds the Mumbai Metropolitan Region and several parts of Maharashtra has been shut since the announcement of the 21-day lockdown.

Migrant workers head home in coronavirus lockdown, exposed and vulnerable

Unlike countries such as South Africa, which follow a right-based approach giving social security to everyone who joins the workforce, India sticks to an employment-based approach

India's urban unemployment rate drops to 9.3% in Jan-Mar 2019: Govt data

For women, the UR was at 11.6 per cent during the reported period as against 12.8 per cent during April-June 2018.

Labour productivity growth declines in organised manufacturing: Report

Capital has replaced labour much faster in recent years than in the past

New India's labour market

Govt must extend outreach to labour beyond traditional unions