Who counts as an employee? India’s top court draws a clearer line

n today’s evolving work world, the departure from traditional employer-employee structures towards a diverse ecosystem of arrangements including outsourcing, contracting, and the gig economy, brings the issue of deemed employment …

Labour codes mean denial of rights to unions, 12-hour workday

Rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim of the Labour Codes as “one of the most progressive labour-oriented reforms”, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) described them as a “set of …

India trade unions condemn new labour codes, plan nationwide protests

Ten large Indian trade unions condemned the government’s rollout on Friday of new labour codes, the biggest such overhaul in decades, as a “deceptive fraud” against workers. The unions, aligned with …

Karnataka’s Domestic Workers Bill is welcome, but could become an empty promise on social security

THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT recently released a draft Bill on domestic work (‘Bill’) for public feedback and comments. Since Independence, several attempts, mostly through private members’ Bills, have been made to introduce a comprehensive …

Draft National Labour and Employment Policy ‘Inspired’ by Manusmriti, Draws Criticism

The draft National Labour and Employment Policy, prepared by the Union Labour Ministry, draws inspiration from the Manusmriti, the controversial ancient Hindu text which is widely criticised for extoling and reinforcing …

The Cost of Convenience

Since entering India’s e-commerce market in 2013, Amazon has experienced rapid and sustained growth. The company’s expansion narrative is both straightforward and ambitious: to deliver faster service to customers. However, …

Inside Amazon India’s pressure cooker warehouses: Workers ‘forced to meet unrealistic targets in 55C heat’

Amazon warehouse staff in India are still being forced to work in temperatures as high as 55C and the majority feel conditions are too hot to be safe, according to …

Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects

A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Khavada in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 …

Little Tech Goes Global: The Expansion of AI and Workplace Surveillance

“As artificial intelligence reshapes the future of work, a new form of digital oversight is spreading quietly and rapidly across the globe—not from Big Tech, but from a sprawling network …

40 people freed from bonded labour in Andhra Pradesh

In a significant rescue operation, Prakasam district authorities, alongside police and NGO representatives, freed 40 individuals from bonded labour at two shrimp farms near Ananthavaram village of Tanguturu mandal. The …